How rules, filters, and actions work

Apply rules in the order you want the Kiwi Syslog Server NG to receive them. When a rule applies to a message, Kiwi Syslog Server NG matches the message against each filter in the rule, starting with the top filter.

• If each condition in the filter returns TRUE, Kiwi Syslog Server NG matches the message against the next filter in that rule.

• If a condition in the filter returns FALSE, processing stops for that rule and Kiwi Syslog Server NG applies the next rule to the message.

If the messages passes all filters within a rule, Kiwi Syslog Server NG performs each action in order, starting with the action at the top of the list. When Kiwi Syslog Server NG completes the actions within a rule, and then applies the next rule.

Default rule

When you install Kiwi Syslog Server NG, it automatically creates a rule called Default that applies two actions to each message:

• Displays each message on the Kiwi Syslog NG user display.