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What is the benefit to using both a WatchGuard Log Server and a syslog host?

April 26, 2017benefit host log server syslog

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What is the benefit to using both a WatchGuard Log Server and a syslog host?

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If your Firebox X Edge is configured to send log files to a WatchGuard Log Server and the connection fails, the log files are not collected. To prevent the loss of those log files, you can configure your Edge to also send log messages to a syslog host that is on the local trusted network.