Trying to install Kiwi Syslog Server trial on a Windows Server 2008R2. It's stuck on the step: registering: C:\windows\system32\runservice.dll.
That file/location is invalid. On my server, runservice.dll is located on "C:\Windows\SysWow64" Should I just cancel out the install? Is there something I need to do to get it to install?
Thanks in advance.
What it does:
Log Forwarder for Windows allows you to forward Windows events as Syslog to your Kiwi Syslog Server
How to get it:
If you download the Kiwi Syslog Server 9.0 from your customer portal, you will see there is an additional Log Forwarder executable included with your download. The Log Forwarder for Windows was developed by the Kiwi Syslog team. It is available at no cost to Kiwi Syslog customers current on maintenance.
Try it out and let us know what you think!
I am evaluating Kiwi Syslogd to front-end and filter syslog traffic since we are having performance problems and service crashes using the NPM Syslog Service. Here is the hardware platform:
HP DL385G7
2x AMD Opteron 6174 2.2GHz 12-core processors
32GB memory
RAID-1 for OS/Syslog
Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Enterprise SP1
I installed Kiwi Syslogd and it ran for about an hour before it crashed with this failure:
Log Name: Application
Source: Application Error
Date: 3/15/2012 10:42:42 AM
Event ID: 1000
Task Category: (100)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: *********
Description:
Faulting application name: Syslogd_Service.exe, version: 9.2.0.1, time stamp: 0x4d069c0f
Faulting module name: unknown, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x00000000
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0000000a
Faulting process id: 0x91d0
Faulting application start time: 0x01cd02c944ab6d53
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Syslogd\Syslogd_Service.exe
Faulting module path: unknown
Report Id: 43e40d87-6ec6-11e1-a52f-3cd92b024752
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Application Error" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>100</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2012-03-15T17:42:42.000000000Z" />
<EventRecordID>2945</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>************</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>Syslogd_Service.exe</Data>
<Data>9.2.0.1</Data>
<Data>4d069c0f</Data>
<Data>unknown</Data>
<Data>0.0.0.0</Data>
<Data>00000000</Data>
<Data>c0000005</Data>
<Data>0000000a</Data>
<Data>91d0</Data>
<Data>01cd02c944ab6d53</Data>
<Data>C:\Program Files (x86)\Syslogd\Syslogd_Service.exe</Data>
<Data>unknown</Data>
<Data>43e40d87-6ec6-11e1-a52f-3cd92b024752</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
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The following was in the Syslogd Errorlog.txt:
2012-03-15 09:32:52 Command line license key accepted.
2012-03-15 10:42:41 *** INTERNAL PROGRAM ERROR - Please contact http://www.kiwisyslog.com/support/ ***
2012-03-15 10:42:41 Service Version 9.2.1 | Error Number: 28 | Description: Out of stack space | Module Name: Syslogdsvc.frm | Procedure Name: SyslogSocket_DataArrival | Line Number: 260 | Date and time: 3/15/2012 10:42:41 AM
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I have opened SolarWinds case #323438 regarding this.
Hello , kiwi friends!
I am trying to get Kiwi syslog 9.4 to work on windows server 2012 64bit but having problems with the service crashing then i try to start the kiwi syslog server console.
I have applied the kb fix for Microsoft .Net Framework 2 , before that i couldnt install kiwi syslog successfully becuse the service could not start.
http://knowledgebase.solarwinds.com/kb/questions/4386/
I have the following errors in the windows event viewer!
Error 7000: The Kiwi Syslog Server service failed to start due to the following error:
The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion
Error 7009 : A timeout was reached (30000 milliseconds) while waiting for the Kiwi Syslog Server service to connect.
Do you have a solution for this or could it be a new bug in windows server 2012 and the old dot net framework combined ?
Thanks in advance.
I've got a set of 3 Kiwi servers sitting behind an F5, which I *thought* would effectively load balance the incoming syslog volume (I'm seeing around 5-8million messages per hour, and we haven't really turned everything on yet).
The problem, I just discovered, is that F5 load balances based on connections, not messages/packets. So round robin isn't round robin since most of my sending systems are passing new messages (and therefore creating a connection) more than even the lowest "disconnect after" option on the F5 (which is 1 second).
So my first server is maxing out at about 5million MPH and 0% buffer, while server 02 gets 2million messages and 80% buffer, and server 03 gets barely anything at all.
Has anyone else tried this, and have you found a work around (it doesn't have to be an F5. I just need the ability to create a pool of Kiwi servers and have all the systems in my enterprise sending to ONE ip address.
Thanks!
- Leon
Server 2008 R2 Std
Kiwi Syslog Server 9.4.1
I have an older version of Kiwi installed on an old server that is being retired. I've installed it on the new server, but I cannot get it to display anything. I exported settings from the other server and imported on this one, then went to Inputs-UDP and set the correct IP to bind it to.
Kiwi is running as LocalService -- I wondered if that might be the problem, but that's how it's running on the old server as well.
I'm at a loss as to what to do now. I tried contacting support, but since I'm using the free version I was directed here.
We have two syslog servers and use a F5 to load balance between the two. In total they receive around 45 million messages a day.We have around a dozen rules that forward messages onto a security appliance or splunk and it can take around 30 minutes before those messages arrive. It can also take 30 minutes for any emails to end up in a users mailbox.
As soon as we start the syslog service the message count on the buffer starts to climb and eventually the overflow queue increase. We haven't checked the stats for a while but one of the servers had a overflow queue count of 125,000! It is a VM server running Windows 2003, 2 CPU's and 4Gb RAM.
Here are the stats from the first hour of starting the syslog service
Kiwi Syslog Server [Licensed] Version 9.4.1
/// Kiwi Syslog Server Statistics ///
---------------------------------------------------
24 hour period ending on: Thu, 22 May 2014 09:03:09
Syslog Server started on: Thu, 22 May 2014 08:04:17
Syslog Server uptime: 0 hours, 58 minutes
---------------------------------------------------
+ Messages received - Total: 767628
+ Messages received - Last 24 hours: 767628
+ Messages received - Since Midnight: 767628
+ Messages received - Last hour: 0
+ Message queue overflow - Last hour: 0
+ Messages received - This hour: 767628
+ Message queue overflow - This hour: 0
+ Messages per hour - Average: 767628
+ Messages forwarded: 775368
+ Messages logged to disk: 767587
+ Errors - Logging to disk: 0
+ Errors - Invalid priority tag: 0
+ Errors - No priority tag: 602
+ Errors - Oversize message: 464
+ Disk space remaining on drive C: 3904 MB
Breakdown of Syslog messages by severity
+--------------------+------------+------------+
| Message Level | Messages | Percentage |
+--------------------+------------+------------+
| 0 - Emerg | 17 | 0.00% |
| 1 - Alert | 10 | 0.00% |
| 2 - Critical | 504 | 0.07% |
| 3 - Error | 26356 | 3.43% |
| 4 - Warning | 619384 | 80.69% |
| 5 - Notice | 61780 | 8.05% |
| 6 - Info | 58963 | 7.68% |
| 7 - Debug | 614 | 0.08% |
+--------------------+------------+------------+
Message Buffer Information
==========================
Message Queue Max Size: 500000
Message Queue overflow: 18858
Message Count: 500000
Message Count Max: 500000
Percentage free: 0
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks
John
New to Kiwi,
Trying to filter a single IP.
Using Hostname "10.10.0.201" (with case sensitive/without substring).
Messages are already being recorded and displayed in a CatchAll Rule filter but aren't being picked up by a separate rule with a single filter displaying to a different display screen.
Any suggestions are appreciated.
SolarWinds's own Justin Finley just recorded a video tutorial that shows how to split logs into multiple files by IP address and date in Kiwi Syslog Server. Specifically, this syslog server tutorial shows how to store logs in separate folders for each source IP address, and then shows how to keep separate log files for each day within those folders. (e.g., "D:\logs\192.168.000.001\Log2012-07-13.txt")
External link to Jing: autosplit - justinfinley's library
Video Guide:
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I have a Cisco ASA 5505 that is setup to send syslogs to a remote syslog server.
I have kiwi syslog (free) installed on a Windows 2003 R2 Server and it is listening on UDP port 514. The syslog server also is my Ciscoworks v3.2 server.
I can ONLY see the Ciscoworks log files and not the ASA. I only want to display the ASA log files.
I have googled, read the user guide, and search the forum and cannot find any procedure that I can tweak Kiwi to log the syslog files from my ASA which is being used as a VPN concentrator.
Any ideas?
Is it possible with the latest Kiwi Syslog server (I am still using 8.3.30 but have maintenance) to regroup all the syslog messages matching a rule and received in the last programmable delay (2 min for example) to be combine in one e-mail alert?
For example, if I create a rule on VPN login/logout, I can see multiple messages in the syslog for each new/close session. It would be very interesting to have all those syslog entries in one e-mail.
I want Kiwi Syslog component to read log files from disk. How can I configure it?
Dear All,
I have purchased a Kiwi Syslog Server Ver 9.4.1 and I require to install it onto 60 Servers in my environment. My query is that is there any way to install it using SSCM(System Center Configuration Manager) in Windows? Also I have few conditions in the installation process, these are:
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1. As a Service
2. No Web Access (unchecking it - as it is enabled by default in the wizard)
3. Local System Account
4. Normal Install
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Kindly help me in installing the Kiwi Syslog server.
Thanks in Advance.
I want to encrypt syslog from Cisco swirtch or router into Kiwi Syslog.
I read somewhere I can use syslog tls or snmp trap v3
Is that possible using Kiwi Syslog
thanks
Run Kiwi_Syslog_Server_9.4.1.Freeware.setup.exe on Win 7 laptop. Answered "Yes" to user account control dialog (Do you want to allow the following program to make change to this computer...). Setup program come up with something like "Please wait while setup is loading ... 70%" then it died off.
The setup run without problem on an older WinXP machine.
Any hint?
Hey all,
I have recently taken over a sys admin position, and am required to move the location of the Kiwi Syslog Server logs to another file location. I have never used it prior. However, I can't seem to move the file.
Kiwi Syslog Server 9.2.1 (Free version.)
Windows Server 2003 SP2 (WORKGROUP)(VM)
Current configuration:
Log to Log File
Path and file name: C:\Program Files\Syslogd\Logs\SyslogCatchAll.txt
If I test the configuration, I can see the test messages in the location noted about. However, after I apply the settings, the older location (a CIFS share) continues to receive the actual syslogs of the devices we monitor.
There are three local users, all of which show the same configuration.
I have tried deleting and recreating the Log to Log File rule. No change.
I have tried starting and stopping the service. No change.
I have tried exporting the system settings, and then reimporting them. No change.
I have tried searching the registery for the old location. Nothing found.
I have two theories.
1. The settings are locked for some reason.
2. The settings are stored somewhere else.
Any help would be great.
Thanks,
Aaron
Solarwinds Padawan
Hi Guys,
I am new at this and I need some assistance on how to configure glassfish 3.1.2 to forward its log to my Kiwi syslog server in windows. Does anyone have any experience on this?
Has anyone configured Active Directory Settings in Kiwi Syslog Server 9.4.1? Below are the available Active Directory Settings available in the Web Access interface under the Admin Tab.
KiWi Syslogd error: Maximum number of TCP connections has been reached. Not accepting connection.
Why? Thanks..
Hi There,
I have now Kiwi syslog, in the events I can see only the IP address not hostnames for Cisco devices. Is there any specific SNMP configuration for this ?
BR,
Bilal