Install Logwatch custom log push in Ubuntu15.04

Are you still manually checking logs when installing Logwatch? Then you are OUT. Now Logwatch has been able to customize an exclusive log push for you, eliminating the hassle of manually viewing logs, saving administrators time and energy. Logwatch, as its name implies, is a software dedicated to monitoring log files. After installation, you can send the host log analysis file to the specified mailbox every day. Logs can be accurately received every day (or even more frequently. To the server

Prepare and install Logwatch

Are you still manually viewing logs one by one? Then you are OUT. Now Logwatch has been able to customize an exclusive log push for you, eliminating the hassle of manually viewing logs, saving administrators time and energy.

Logwatch, as its name implies, is a software dedicated to monitoring log files. After installation, you can send the host log analysis file to the specified mailbox every day. Logs can be accurately received every day (or even more frequently. In this way, you can understand the security of your servers.

Today, we will briefly introduce how to install and configure Logwatch on Ubuntu 15.04.

Preparations before installation

Because the reports collected by Logwatch need to be pushed through your email, you need to confirm whether the email address works properly before installation.

The general operating system will bring this package. Then you can start Ubuntu, log on with the root user permission, and then upgrade the system software installation package.

Root @ ubuntu-15 :~ # Apt-get update

Install Logwatch

After updating the software installation package, all preparations have been completed. Then you can install Logwatch.

Root @ ubuntu-15 :~ # Apt-get install logwatch

Once you select "Y", Logwatch will install some additional software during the installation process.

During the installation process, you will be prompted to set your Postfix configuration based on your email server. In the image below, select "Local only" (Local only ). Then select OK.

Then you must select your email server Name, which should have a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN: Fully Qualified Domain Name ).

After the Postfix is configured, select OK to install Logwatch through the default Postfix settings.

You can enter the following settings in the terminal to check the Logwatch status.

Root @ ubuntu-15 :~ # Service postfix status

To check whether Logwatch is installed by default, enter a single "logwatch.

2. Configure Logwatch

Root @ ubuntu-15 :~ # Logwatch

Configure Logwatch

After Locwatch is successfully installed, we need to make simple settings for Logwatch. So let's use the file editor to configure the new Logwatch.

Root @ ubuntu-15 :~ # Vim/usr/share/logwatch/default. conf/logwatch. conf

Input and Output options

To set "Output = mail" to "Output = file" by default, you can set it as needed.

Output = stdout

If you are using the web mail configuration, you can update the default Html format and enter

Format = text

Add an email account to send the log information of the Logwatch mobile phone. As input

MailTo = root

# MailTo = user@test.com

The default email address can be a local account or any other account you want to set.

# Complete email address.

MailFrom = Logwatch

Save the settings.

Configure Cronjob

Now edit "00 logwatch" under the daily crons directory"

Root @ ubuntu-15 :~ # Vim/etc/cron. daily/00 logwatch

Here you need to use the "-- mailto" user@test.com to replace the output mailbox and save the file. (For example)

Logwatch report

Enter the "logwatch" command in the terminal to obtain the result.

Root @ ubuntu-15 :~ # Logwatch

The execution date and time of the generated report are displayed first. For example

　　

3. More information about Logwatch

The following shows all installed software packages in the system.

The Logwatch report displays the security log and the disk space usage in the root directory.

You can also run the following command to check the emails generated by Logwatch.

Root @ ubuntu-15 :~ # Vim/var/mail/root

More commands you may use

If you want to read all the Logwatch manual information, you can enter the following command. If you want to read the manual, simply press "Q ".

Root @ ubuntu-15 :~ # Man logwatch

If you want to obtain the usage and details of more Logwatch commands, you can enter:

Root @ ubuntu-15 :~ # Logwatch-help

Conclusion

Logwatch, as a server logging mobile phone expert, do you fall in love with him? If you have one, please do it quickly! The installation and configuration are all done, so the boss no longer has to worry about checking my logs.

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