Configuring the Syslog Service on the Esxi 7

What is in this guide
Introduction
- Overview
- Release Notes
Setup the Product
- What's in this section
- System Requirements
- Prerequisites
- Install and Uninstall
- Start and Shutdown
- Connect to Server
- Backing up database
- Increasing Product Memory
- License Details
- Get Started
- Service Account Permission
Add Log Sources
- What's in this section
- Adding Windows Devices
- Adding Syslog Devices
- Adding CEF devices
- Adding Other Devices
- Adding IBM iseries(AS400) devices
- Adding VMware(Exsi) devices
- Adding vCenter
- Adding Application Sources
- Adding AWS EC2 Windows instance
- Configuring Syslog Service
User Interface
- Tabs
- Dashboard Views
- Customize Dashboard Views
- Log Receiver
- Global Search
EventLog Analyzer Reports
- Reports - Overview
- Configuring out-of-the-box reports
- Managing Predefined Reports
- Managing Report Views
- Create Custom Reports
- Schedule Reports
- Mark report as favourite
- Available Reports
Threat Intelligence Data Analytics
- Overview
- FireEye Threat Solutions
- Symantec Endpoint Solutions
- Symantec DLP Applications
- Malwarebytes Solutions
- CEF format
- Configuring McAfee solutions for analysis
Vulnerability Data Analytics
- Overview
- Vulnerability reports
Real-time Event Correlation
- Understanding Correlation
- Correlation Reports
- Last Ten Incidents Overview
- Activity Reports
- Creating Custom Correlation Rules
- Managing Correlation Rules
Compliance
- Compliance Reports
- Risk Posture
  - Overview
  - SQL Server
Search Logs
- Overview
- How to Search Logs
- How to Extract New Fields
- How to Tag Fields
Threat investigation
- Incident workbench
- Device Summary
Alerts
- Overview
- Create Alert Profile
- View Log Alerts
- Alert Notification & Remediation
- Ticketing Tools Integration
- Manage alert Profiles
- Bulk Deleting/Updating Alerts
Incident Management
- Create and assign workflow profiles
- Incident Workflow Management
Framework Integration
- MITRE ATT&CK TTP(S) Framework Integration
Configurations
- What's in this section
- Device Management
- Applications
- Database Audit
- File Integrity Monitoring
- Manage security applications
- Adding custom threat sources
- Advanced Threat Analytics
- Threat Whitelisting
- Threat Import
- Switching threat stores
- Manage Vulnerability Data
- Device Group Management
- VM Management
- Log Forwarder
- Manage Cloud Sources
Admin Settings
- Admin Settings
- Privacy Settings
- Agent Administration
  - Agent Administration
  - Agent Settings
- Archive
- Technicians and Roles
- Logon Settings
- Security hardening
- Reset Account Settings
- Domains and Workgroups
- Working Hour Settings
- Product Settings
- API Settings
  - API Settings
  - Get log sources
  - Get log fields
  - Get log types
  - Synchronous search
  - Asynchronous search
  - Jobs endpoint
  - Jobs Result endpoint
  - Get alert profiles
  - Synchronous alerts
  - Asynchronous alerts
- Retention Settings
- Log Collection Filter
- Log Collection Alerts
- Report Profiles
- Custom Log Parser
- Tags
- Profiles
- Database settings
  - Database auto backup
  - Database migration
System Settings
- System Settings
- Notification Settings
- Manage Account TFA
- Install EventLog Analyzer as a service
- Connection Settings
- Re-branding
- System Diagnostics
- Port Management
Help, Questions, and Tips
- Troubleshooting Tips
- Frequently Asked Questions
- EventLog Analyzer Help
Additional Utilities
- Additional Utilities
- Data Migration
- Working with HTTPS
- Configure MS SQL Database
- Migrate data from PostgreSQL to MS SQL database
- Migrate data from MySQL to MS SQL database
- Move Database to Different Directory in the Same Server
- Move Installation to Another Machine
- Configurations after changing the EventLog Analyzer server Hostname/IP address
- Move Installation to Different Directory in the Same Server
- Configuring NAT Settings
- Disk monitoring for search nodes
- SSL/TLS Settings for Elasticsearch
- Configuring DNS servers
Distributed Edition
- Introduction to Distributed Edition
- Prerequisites for converting EventLog Analyzer standalone to distributed edition
- Converting standalone installation to Admin Server
- Converting standalone installation to Managed Server
- Manage Server Settings
- Setting up auto upgrade
- Auto-upgrade guidelines
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Centralized log archival
Search Engine - Elasticsearch
- Data Upgrade
Technical Support
- Technical Support
- Create SIF offline
- Contact Support

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Enable the firewall rule to allow syslog

Execute the command lines below one by one:

loghost='udp://<eventloganalyzer_server_name>:<port_no>'
esxcli system auditrecords remote enable
esxcli system syslog reload

Note: In order to confirm that the configuration was successful,

Open \etc\Vmsyslog.conf and check the loghost parameter

Configuring the Syslog Service on the Esxi 7

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