How to Test the Syslog Server functionality from MetaDefender Core?
Windows
Execute this in PowerShell.
UDP Syslog
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$syslogServer = "<syslog_server_ip>"$syslogPort = 514$message = "<34>Test Syslog message"$udpClient = New-Object System.Net.Sockets.UdpClient$udpClient.Connect($syslogServer, $syslogPort)$encodedMessage = [System.Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes($message)$udpClient.Send($encodedMessage, $encodedMessage.Length)$udpClient.Close()Write-Output "Syslog message sent."TCP Syslog
$syslogServer = "<syslog_server_ip>"$syslogPort = 601$message = "<34>Test Syslog message`n"$tcpClient = New-Object System.Net.Sockets.TcpClient($syslogServer, $syslogPort)$stream = $tcpClient.GetStream()$writer = New-Object System.IO.StreamWriter($stream)$writer.WriteLine($message)$writer.Flush()$writer.Close()$stream.Close()$tcpClient.Close()Write-Output "Syslog message sent."Linux
Using the Linux command below.
UDP Syslog
echo "<34>Test Syslog message" | nc -u -w1 <syslog_server_ip> 514TCP Syslog
echo "<34>Test Syslog message" | nc <syslog_server_ip> 601If Further Assistance is required, please proceed to log a support case or chatting with our support engineer.
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