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Update rsyslog rules description #4839

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update rsyslog rules
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8 changes: 5 additions & 3 deletions linux_os/guide/system/logging/rsyslog_sending_messages/rsyslog_remote_tls/rule.yml
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Expand Up @@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ description: |-
Configure <tt>rsyslog</tt> to use Transport Layer
Security (TLS) support for logging to remote server
for the Forwarding Output Module in <tt>/etc/rsyslog.conf</tt>
using action
<pre>action(type="omfwd" protocol="tcp" Target="&lt;remote system>" port="6514"
StreamDriver="gtls" StreamDriverMode="1" StreamDriverAuthMode="x509/name")
using action. You can use the following command:
<pre>echo 'action(type="omfwd" protocol="tcp" Target="&lt;remote system>" port="6514"
StreamDriver="gtls" StreamDriverMode="1" StreamDriverAuthMode="x509/name")' >> /etc/rsyslog.conf
</pre>
Replace the <tt>&lt;remote system></tt> in the above command with an IP address or a host name of the remote logging server.

rationale: |-
For protection of data being logged, the connection to the
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<pre>action(type="omfwd" protocol="tcp" Target="&lt;remote system>" port="6514"
StreamDriver="gtls" StreamDriverMode="1" StreamDriverAuthMode="x509/name")
</pre>
where the <tt>&lt;remote system></tt> present in the configuration line above must be a valid IP address or a host name of the remote logging server.
6 changes: 4 additions & 2 deletions linux_os/guide/system/logging/rsyslog_sending_messages/rsyslog_remote_tls_cacert/rule.yml
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Configure CA certificate for <tt>rsyslog</tt> logging
to remote server using Transport Layer Security (TLS)
using correct path for the <tt>DefaultNetstreamDriverCAFile</tt>
global option in <tt>/etc/rsyslog.conf</tt>, for example
<pre>global(DefaultNetstreamDriverCAFile="/etc/pki/tls/cert.pem") *.*</pre>
global option in <tt>/etc/rsyslog.conf</tt>, for example with the following command:
<pre>echo 'global(DefaultNetstreamDriverCAFile="/etc/pki/tls/cert.pem") *.*' >> /etc/rsyslog.conf</pre>
Replace the <tt>/etc/pki/tls/cert.pem</tt> in the above command with the path to the file with CA certificate generated for the purpose of remote logging.

rationale: |-
The CA certificate needs to be set or <tt>rsyslog.service</tt>
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<pre>$ grep DefaultNetstreamDriverCAFile /etc/rsyslog.conf /etc/rsyslog.d/*.conf</pre>
The output should include record similar to
<pre>global(DefaultNetstreamDriverCAFile="/etc/pki/tls/cert.pem") *.*</pre>
where the path to the CA file (<tt>/etc/pki/tls/cert.pem</tt> in case above) must point to the correct CA certificate.