Change syslog port

[phetertheo]

Dear member

We have using ESXi 5.0, currently default port for syslog is 514. We want to change it to port 222. May I know how to change the port from 514 to 222?

Rgds

PheterTheo

[Dave_Mishchenko · Accepted solution]

This KB article covers the options to configure syslogging on ESXi 5 - http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2003322.  When you configure the syslog receiver(s) with the Syslog.global.loghost option you can specify a port (e.g. udp://<ip>:port).   When you've done that you'll also need to update the firewall as the default syslog ports are 514 and 1514.  This KB article covers created new firewall rules - http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2005304.

[abirhasan]

You cna also go through followings kb. May help..

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=101662...

abirhasan 

[jimraina]

Hi phetertheo,

Welcome to the community.  Could you please follow below steps :-  Open a ESXi Shell console session where the esxcli command is available, such as the vCLI or on the host directly.  Display the existing 5 configuration options on the host using the command:  esxcli system syslog config get  Set new host configuration, specifying options to change, using a command similar to:  esxcli system syslog config set --logdir=/path/to/directory/ --loghost=RemoteHostname --logdir-unique=true|false --default-rotate=NNN --default-size=NNN  For example, to configure remote syslog using TCP on port 514:  esxcli system syslog config set --loghost='tcp://10.11.12.13:514'  After making configuration changes, load the new configuration using the command:  esxcli system syslog reload

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[phetertheo]

Hi Dave

Thanks for you prompt feedback. After go through to the KB's i manged to configure third party port which alternative default port of syslog (514).

Others member, thanks for you feedback.

Tq