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Linux DNS Logs Configuration

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Last updated: Oct 03, 2019

To verify logs are arriving at the CCE host:

Run: “tail -f /var/log/messages” command on the CCE host

Steps

Process

Configure /etc/hosts on DNS server

Open /etc/hosts file

Add IP-Address hostname on this file

Example: 192.168.19.48 hostname

Configure /etc/hosts on the CCE Host machine

Open /etc/hosts file on host machine
Add IP-Address of DNS Server and hostname of DNS Server on this file

Example: 192.168.19.192 dns-server

Configure Syslog on DNS Server

Login at DNS server
Add rule in /etc/rsyslog.conf file to send logs to the CCE host machine.
Open /etc/rsyslog.conf file
Go to

#### begin forwarding rule ### and add

*. * @IP-Address:514

#### end of the forwarding rule ###

Example: - *. * @192.168.19.48:514 to send log by UDP

Restart rsyslog daemon using command “service rsyslog restart”;

Now to verify that the logs are arriving at the CCE Host

Run: “tail -f /var/log/messages” command on the CCE host

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