Kernel log
- Description
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Logs containing detailed information, including boot messages, hardware driver information, kernel status, and other kernel-related events within the operating system. Kernel logging is initialized from the system startup and is helpful for system auditing and troubleshooting hardware, driver, and startup issues.
NXLog Agent provides several input modules for collecting kernel logs:
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The Kernel module for collecting Linux and BSD kernel events.
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The macOS ULS and macOS Endpoint Security modules.
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The Event Tracing for Windows and Event Log for Windows modules.
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- Also known as
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kernel trace, kernel trace log, kernel messages, kernel events, Linux kernel log, Windows kernel log
- See also
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Collecting kernel events with NXLog for analysis in the Elastic stack