Step 1. Configure your Log Sources

With Tripwire Log Center, you can collect log messages from a wide variety of Log Sources (i.e. log-generating systems and devices).

The following topics explain how to configure some popular Log Sources to send log messages to a Manager of your choosing. In Step 5. Configure your Collectors, you will create the Collectors for your Log Sources.

Configuring an Alcatel Switch

Configuring an Apache Server

Configuring a Blue Coat ProxySG Appliance

Configuring a Check Point Firewall

Configuring a Cisco Access Control Server (ACS)

Configuring a Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)

Configuring a Cisco CATOS Switch

Configuring a Cisco IDS Sensor

Configuring a Cisco IOS Router

Configuring a Cisco PIX Firewall

Configuring a Fortinet Fortigate Firewall

Configuring an Internet Information Server (IIS)

Configuring a McAfee ePO Server

Configuring a Microsoft Windows System

Configuring a Microsoft IAS Server

Configuring a Microsoft ISA Server

Configuring a Microsoft SQL Server

Configuring a MySQL Server

Configuring an Nmap Security Scanner

Configuring an Oracle Database Server

Configuring a Snare Windows Server

Configuring a Snort IDS

Configuring a Syslog or Rsyslog Module

Configuring a Syslog-ng Module

Configuring a Tenable Nessus Vulnerability Scanner

Configuring a Tripwire VnE Manager

Configuring a VMware ESX Server

Configuring a VMware ESXi Server

Notes 

For the list of Log Sources available with this release, see:

http://www.tripwire.com/it-security-software/tripwire-log-center/system-requirements/

To configure other Log Sources, contact Tripwire Support for assistance.

If an Asset does not exist for the Log Source, TLC will automatically create the Asset when it begins receiving log messages from the Log Source if:

1. TLC uses a File or Network Collector for the Log Source, and
2. The Collector on the Manager receiving the log messages has been configured for Auto-Discovery.

Otherwise, you will need to create an Asset for the Log Source (see Working with Assets).

For more information about Auto-Discovery, see How does Auto-Discovery work?.