In this lab, we will install, configure, and use Logwatch, which is an application that helps identify events that need review. We’ll then manually review syslog data for VNC events and export the syslog data to a text file.
Learning Objectives
Successfully complete this lab by achieving the following learning objectives:
- Install Logwatch and mailutils. Then run Logwatch and review the results.
Install logwatch and mailutils:
- Connect to the lab server using SSH or the Instant Terminal.
- Run the commands
sudo apt-get updateandsudo apt-get install -y logwatch. - When prompted, select OK by pressing the tab button until "OK" is highlighted, then select Local only and press "Enter/Return".
- Next, use the down arrow to select OK and then click OK when asked for the System mail name.
- Run the command
sudo apt-get install -y mailutils.
Run Logwatch and view the results:
- Run the command
sudo logwatch --detail Low --mailto root --service All --range today. - Run the command
sudo mail, then type the number1and hit enter. This will open up the email from Logwatch that contains the reported data. Use the spacebar to scroll through the report. - Use CTRL+X, or your system’s equivalent, to exit the report.
- Type
exitto close the mail application.
- Manually review syslog data from the terminal and with Gedit. Export syslog data to a file named `syslog.txt` on the Desktop of the server.
- Manually review syslog data:
- Type the command
sudo cat /var/log/syslog | grep vnc. - View the log entries pertaining to VNC activity.
- Type the command
- Export syslog data to
syslog.txton the Desktop of the server with the commandsudo cat /var/log/syslog > /home/cloud_user/Desktop/syslog.txt.
- Manually review syslog data:
