remote

XML section name

<remote>
</remote>

Configuration of manager to listen for events from the agents.

Options

connection

Specifies a type of incoming connection to accept: secure or syslog.

Default value

secure

Allowed values

secure, syslog

port

Specifies the port to use to listen for events.

Default value

1514 if secure, 514 if syslog

Allowed values

Any port number from 1 to 65535

protocol

Specifies the protocol to use. It is available for secure connections and syslog events.

Default value

udp

Allowed values

udp, tcp

Note

It is not possible to use both protocols simultaneously.

allowed-ips

List of IP addresses that are allowed to send syslog messages to the server (one per line).

Default value

n/a

Allowed values

Any IP address or network

Note

It is necessary to list at least one IP address when using the syslog connection type.

deny-ips

List of IP addresses that are not allowed to send syslog messages to the server (one per line).

Default value

n/a

Allowed values

Any IP address or network

local_ip

Local ip address to use to listen for connections.

Default value

All interfaces

Allowed values

Any internal ip address

ipv6

Local ipv6 address to listen for connections.

Default value

n/a

Allowed values

Any IPv6 address

Example of configuration 

<remote>
  <connection>syslog</connection>
  <port>514</port>
  <protocol>udp</protocol>
  <allowed_ips>192.168.1.0/24</allowed_ips>
  <local_ip>192.168.1.5</local_ip>
</remote>

<remote>
  <connection>secure</connection>
  <port>1514</port>
  <protocol>udp</protocol>
</remote>