Can you use NSClient ++ instead of NXLog

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Can you use NSClient ++ instead of NXLog

Post by leehigginbotham »

Good afternoon,

We currently have Nagios XI in the environment monitoring all of our systems and we use a combination of NRPE & NSClient++ agents to perform said monitoring. I see in order to set up Event Log monitoring of Windows servers, NXLog is the preferred agent.

Is there any way NSClient++ can be leveraged instead of using NXLog? I really don't want to have yet another agent that I have to install on my systems.

Sincerely,
Lee Higginbotham
Linux Systems Specialist
Norton Healthcare
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Re: Can you use NSClient ++ instead of NXLog

Post by ssax »

Looks like you should be able to use this:

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https://docs.nsclient.org/reference/client/SyslogClient/
leehigginbotham
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Re: Can you use NSClient ++ instead of NXLog

Post by leehigginbotham »

ssax,

Thank you for your quick reply. I'll check out that link!

Sincerely,
Lee
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Re: Can you use NSClient ++ instead of NXLog

Post by benjaminsmith »

Hi Lee,
Thank you for your quick reply. I'll check out that link!
Sounds good. Let us know if you have any other questions.
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Re: Can you use NSClient ++ instead of NXLog

Post by leehigginbotham »

All,

Thank you for your input. That is exactly what I needed!

Sincerely,
Lee
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