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Expand Up @@ -38,15 +38,16 @@ Network Device Monitoring (NDM) uses Syslog to provide visibility into the healt

```yaml
logs:
- type: syslog
- type: udp
port: 514
protocol: udp
source: syslog
service: <service> # optional tag
```

- **`type`**: Set to `udp` or `tcp` based on your device configuration.
- **`port`**: The port the Agent listens on for Syslog messages. Default is 514.
- **`protocol`**: Set to `udp` or `tcp` based on your device configuration.
- **`protocol`**: Should match `type`, set to `udp` or `tcp` based on your device configuration.
- **`source`**: Custom source name for these logs in Datadog. Use `syslog` to correlate with NDM devices.
- **`service`**: Optional service name for unified service tagging.

Expand All @@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ Network Device Monitoring (NDM) uses Syslog to provide visibility into the healt
```yaml
logs_enabled: true # enable logs collection
logs_config:
use_sourcehost_tag: true # adds a source_host tags to logs with the source IP
use_sourcehost_tag: true # adds a source_host tags to logs with the source IP
```

2. Create a Syslog listener configuration:
Expand All @@ -76,14 +77,15 @@ Network Device Monitoring (NDM) uses Syslog to provide visibility into the healt

```yaml
logs:
- type: syslog
- type: udp
port: 514
protocol: udp
source: syslog
service: <service> # optional tag
```
* **`port`**: The port the Agent listens on for Syslog messages. Default is 514.
* **`protocol`**: Set to `udp` or `tcp` based on your device configuration.
- **`type`**: Set to `udp` or `tcp` based on your device configuration.
- **`port`**: The port the Agent listens on for Syslog messages. Default is 514.
- **`protocol`**: Should match `type`, set to `udp` or `tcp` based on your device configuration.
* **`source`**: Custom source name for these logs in Datadog. Use `syslog` to correlate with NDM devices.
* **`service`**: Optional service name for unified service tagging.

Expand All @@ -99,7 +101,7 @@ Network Device Monitoring (NDM) uses Syslog to provide visibility into the healt
```yaml
logs_enabled: true # enable logs collection
logs_config:
use_sourcehost_tag: true # adds a source_host tags to logs with the source IP
use_sourcehost_tag: true # adds a source_host tags to logs with the source IP
```

2. Create a Syslog listener configuration:
Expand All @@ -109,17 +111,18 @@ Network Device Monitoring (NDM) uses Syslog to provide visibility into the healt

```yaml
logs:
- type: syslog
- type: udp
port: 514
protocol: udp
source: syslog
service: <service> # optional tag
```

* **`port`**: The port the Agent listens on for Syslog messages. Default is 514.
* **`protocol`**: Set to `udp` or `tcp` based on your device configuration.
* **`source`**: Custom source name for these logs in Datadog. Use `syslog` to correlate with NDM devices.
* **`service`**: Optional service name for unified service tagging.
- **`type`**: Set to `udp` or `tcp` based on your device configuration.
- **`port`**: The port the Agent listens on for Syslog messages. Default is 514.
- **`protocol`**: Should match `type`, set to `udp` or `tcp` based on your device configuration.
- **`source`**: Custom source name for these logs in Datadog. Use `syslog` to correlate with NDM devices.
- **`service`**: Optional service name for unified service tagging.

3. Restart the [Docker container][101] where the Agent is installed to apply the changes.

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -200,4 +203,4 @@ After your network devices are configured and the Datadog Agent is running, you
[1]: /logs/log_collection/
[2]: /logs/log_configuration/pipelines/
[4]: https://app.datadoghq.com/logs
[5]: https://app.datadoghq.com/devices
[5]: https://app.datadoghq.com/devices