1. Installation and Administration Guide
  2. Monitor KMAs
  3. Send Messages to Remote Syslog Servers
  4. Configure TLS for Remote Syslog Communication

Configure TLS for Remote Syslog Communication

Configure TLS to secure the messages sent to the Remote Syslog server.

  1. The administrator of the remote syslog server must install a certificate issued by a Certificate Authority (CA) on the syslog server.
  2. The Security Officer must obtain the certificate of the Certificate Authority that issued this server certificate.
  3. The Security Officer must then provide this CA certificate when enabling the remote syslog feature on the KMA.

    Note:

    This CA certificate is a root CA certificate.
  4. The Security Officer must first acquire a certificate that was issued by a Certificate Authority (CA).
  5. The Security Officer must then provide this client (KMA) certificate when enabling the remote syslog feature on that KMA.
  6. The administrator of the remote syslog server must obtain the certificate of the Certificate Authority that issued this client (KMA) certificate and then install this CA certificate on the remote syslog server.