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Configure the SolarWinds Platform server to use the correct syslog port

This SolarWinds Platform topic applies to the following products if you are NOT using the Orion Log Viewer to monitor syslogs.

DPAIM — NAM — NCM — NPM — NTA — SAM — SRM — VNQM

By default, SolarWinds Syslog Service listens for syslog messages on port 514 (UDP). If your devices use a different port for sending syslog messages, consider reconfiguring the port on devices, or change the port on which the service listens.

  1. Log in to the SolarWinds Platform Web Console as an administrator.
  2. Go to Advanced Configuration settings. To do so, copy /Admin/AdvancedConfiguration/Global.aspx, and paste it into your browser address bar, after /Orion.

    The address in the address bar should look as follows:

    <your product server>/Orion/Admin/AdvancedConfiguration/Global.aspx

  3. On the Global tab, scroll down to LogManagement.LogServices.Settings, and enter the UDP port number in the SyslogUdpListenPort entry.
  4. Click Save.
  5. Restart the syslog service from the notification bar or the SolarWinds Platform Service Manager.