Configuring Squid Proxy Server
For Squid v2.7 and above carry out the following configuration:
Carry out the following changes in the services file:
- Edit the services file in the /etc directory
- Check the port in the syslog server settings UDP 514/1514 is UP
- Save the file and exit the editor
Device Side Configuration
- Open the squid.conf file and find the below command:
access_log <location of file> squid
Append the new command after the above command:
access_log udp://<Firewall Analyzer IP Address>:514/1514 squid
- Restart the Squid Service
For Squid v2.6 carry out the following configuration:
Device Side Configuration
- Open the squid.conf file and find the below command:
access_log <location of file> squid
Append the new command after the above command:
access_log syslog squid
- Restart the Squid Service
Carry out the following changes in the syslog.conf file:
- Login as root user and edit the syslog.conf/rsyslog.conf file in the /etc directory
- Append *.*<space/tab>@<server_name> at the end, where <server_name> is the name of the machine on which Firewall Analyzer is running
- Save the configuration and exit the editor
Carry out the following changes in the services file:
- Edit the services file in the /etc directory
- Check the port in the syslog server settings UDP 514/1514 is UP
- Save the file and exit the editor
Restart the syslog service on the host using the command:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/syslog restart
Configuring syslog-ng daemon in a Linux host
- Append the following entries at the end of syslog-ng.conf file in the /etc/syslog-ng/ directory:
destination firewallanalyzer { udp("<server_name>" port(514)); };
log { source(src); destination(firewallanalyzer); };
where <server_name> is the IP address of the machine on which Firewall Analyzer is running.
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