Step-by-Step Guides

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The step-by-step guides are meant to get you started quickly. They provide information on how to configure the product in common scenarios. Each section includes the information necessary to complete a specific task.

The information is presented in an easy to follow "step by step" way (hence the name). Each section begins with the intended result and then explains the steps to achieve it in the correct order. They are documented together with hardcopies, so they should be easy to follow. For best results, please be sure to follow the exact order of the steps.

The step-by-step guides do eventually not include all information that might be relevant to the situation. Please use your own judgment if the scenario described sufficiently matches your need.

In the step-by-step guides, we assume the product is already successfully installed but no configuration has been done. If it is not installed, please do so first.

All step-by-step guides assume that the client is running. This is kind of a step 0 for all the guides.

To keep download times reasonable, the step-by-step guides are not included in this manual. They are kept as separate web pages. This also allows us to modify and add step-by-step guides. Additions are made all the time, so it is probably a good idea to check the Step-by-step guide page for new guides.

As of this writing, the following step-by-step guides were available:


MonitorWare Agent 3.x Specific

Installations and Configurations

·	How to perform a mass update rollout?

·	How to perform a mass rollout?

·	Store IIS Logfiles into a Database

·	How do I export the configuration and create a debug file?

·	How do I monitor the Windows 2003 DHCP Logfiles?

·	How do I monitor the Windows Update log?

·	How do I enter the license information from the product delivery email?

·	How to create a failover syslog server

·	Forwarding filtered IIS Logfiles

·	How do I can do Database Logging with MSSQL in MonitorWare Agent

·	How do I apply filters in MonitorWare Agent?

·	How to apply filters to only get interactive logon/logoff events?

·	How To setup php-syslog-ng with MonitorWare Products?

·	How to monitor ISA logfiles?

·	Forwarding NT event logs to a Syslog server

·	Forwarding NT event logs to an SETP server

Services

·	How do I create a simple Syslog server

·	How To Configure a Syslog Server

·	How To Configure a SETP Server

·	How To setup the EventLogMonitor Service

·	How To setup the EventLogMonitor V2 Service

·	How To setup the File Monitor Service

·	How To setup the NT Service Monitor Service

Actions

·	How To setup the Forward via Syslog Action

·	How To setup an SETP Action

·	How To setup a Write to File Action

·	How To setup the Forward via EMail Action

·	How To setup the Set Property Action

·	How To setup the Set Status Action

·	How To setup the Start Program Action

·	How To setup the Control NT Services Action

·	How To Create a Rule Set for Database Logging

·	How to store custom properties of a log message in a database

Centralized Monitoring / Reporting

·	How To setup PIX centralized Monitoring (MonitorWare Agent 5.x & MonitorWare Console 3.x)

·	How To setup Windows centralized Monitoring (MonitorWare Agent 5.x & MonitorWare Console 3.x)

·	How To setup a central log server for Windows machines and syslog sending devices (MonitorWare Agent 4.x & EventReporter 8.x)

·	Centralized Event Reports with MonitorWare Console

MonitorWare Agent All Versions

Installations and Configurations

·	How to create a failover syslog server

·	MonitorWare Agent Database Formats

·	Database Logging with MSSQL

·	How do I apply filters in MonitorWare Agent, WinSyslog and EventReporter?

·	How To Setup MonitorWare Agent/ WinSyslog/ EventReporter

·	Configuring Windows for the Event Log Monitor

·	Sample Syslog device configurations

·	Intrusion detection via the Windows event log

·	Firewall setup for MonitorWare Agent

·	Creating a hardened log host

Services

·	How To Configure a Syslog Server

·	How To setup SETP Server Service

·	How To setup EventLogMonitor Service

·	Creating a simple Syslog server

·	Forwarding NT event logs to a Syslog server

·	Forwarding NT event logs to an SETP server

Actions

·	How To setup an SETP Action

·	Creating a rule set for database logging

Centralized Monitoring / Reporting

·	How To setup Windows centralized Monitoring (MonitorWare Agent 4.x & MonitorWare Console 2.x)

·	How To setup PIX centralized Monitoring (WinSyslog 7.x, MonitorWare Agent 4.x & MonitorWare Console 2.x)

·	How to setup PIX centralized Monitoring

·	How to setup Windows centralized Monitoring (Common)

·	How to setup PIX centralized Monitoring

·	Centralized Event Reports with MonitorWare Console

·	Centralized event reports with Monilog

·	How To Report Log Truncation

You may also want to visit our syslog device configuration pages at http://www.monitorware.com/en/syslog-enabled-products/. They contain instructions on setting up several devices for syslog.