NXLog

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NXLog is the workhorse of Windows logging plugins. You can use our configuration file for NXLog to set up the ingestion of Windows events logs to Mezmo.

Set Up NXLog Log Ingestion

Follow the instructions in the Mezmo Web App to set up NXLog log ingestion using your Mezmo syslog port and security certificate

Log in to the Mezmo Web App.
In the bottom section of the left-hand navigation, click Help.
Select Add Log Sources.
Under Via platform, click NXLog.
Follow the instructions to set up NXLog log ingestion.

You can also get a copy of the NXLog configuration file from our GitHub repository.

Example NXLog Configuration File

Panic Soft #NoFreeOnExit TRUE define ROOT C:\\Program Files (x86)\\nxlog define CERTDIR %ROOT%\\cert define CONFDIR %ROOT%\\conf define LOGDIR %ROOT%\\data define LOGFILE %LOGDIR%\\nxlog.log LogFile %LOGFILE% Moduledir %ROOT%\\modules CacheDir %ROOT%\\data Pidfile %ROOT%\\data\\nxlog.pid SpoolDir %ROOT%\\data <Extension _syslog> Module xm_syslog </Extension> <Extension _exec> Module xm_exec </Extension> <Extension json> Module xm_json </Extension> <Input internal> Module im_internal Exec $Message = to_json(); </Input> ####################################################################### ##### This is just explicit version of internal input above ########### ####################################################################### # <Input nxlog> # Module im_file # File '%LOGFILE%' # <Exec> # $Message = $raw_event; # if $Message == '' drop(); # $SourceName = substr(file_name(), size('%LOGDIR%') + 1); # </Exec> # </Input> ####################################################################### # Define Directory for Making Substring Operation define LOGFOLDER C:\\ProgramData\\logs <Input filelog> Module im_file File '%LOGFOLDER%\\*.log' Recursive TRUE <Exec> $Message = $raw_event; if $Message == '' drop(); $SourceName = substr(file_name(), size('%LOGFOLDER%') + 2); </Exec> </Input> <Input eventlog> Module im_msvistalog <QueryXML> <QueryList> <Query Id='0'>  <Select Path='System'>*</Select>  </Query> </QueryList> </QueryXML> Exec $Message = to_json(); </Input> <Processor buffer> Module pm_buffer MaxSize 102400 Type disk </Processor> <Output out> Module om_ssl Host syslog-a.logdna.com Port CUSTOM_PORT CAFile %CERTDIR%\ca.pem Exec to_syslog_ietf(); </Output> <Route 1> Path internal, filelog, eventlog => buffer => out </Route>

Tail Additional Log Files

You can add additional logfiles by creating a new <Input {name}> section that imitates the previous ones, and adding the name of that section to <Route 1> at the end.

Example for Tailing Additional Log Files

<Input newlog> Module im_file File '%LOGDIR%\\example.log' Exec $Message = to_json(); </Input>

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