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Log source

Description

A device or application producing logs, such as:

Operating systems
Database servers
Embedded systems
Network devices

A log source sends data to an NXLog Agent instance or exposes logs so NXLog Agent can collect them. Log sources are the basis of licensing.

Also known as

data source, event source

See also

A

Agent-based log collection

Agentless log collection

Agent management

Automatic enrollment

B

C

CEF (Common Event Format)

CSV (Comma-separated Values)

Customer portal

D

DNS (Domain Name System)

E

Endpoint security

EPS (Events Per Second)

ETW (Event Tracing for Windows)

Event correlation

F

G

GELF (Graylog Extended Log Format)

I

ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)

IDS (Intrusion Detection System)

J

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation)

K

KVP (Key-Value Pair)

L

LEEF (Log Event Extended Format)

Log centralization

Log normalization

M

Multi-line logs

N

O

P

PCI-DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard)

R

S

SIEM (Security Information and Event Management)

SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)

Structured logging

T

TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)

TLS (Transport Layer Security)

U

UDP (User Datagram Protocol)

W

W3C Extended Log File Format

WEC (Windows Event Collector)

WEF (Windows Event Forwarding)

Windows event ID

WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation)

X