Install the forwarder by clicking on the MSI file.
Open the configuration file:
x64: C:\Program Files (x86)\nxlog\conf\nxlog.conf
x32: C:\Program Files\nxlog\conf\nxlog.conf
Make the following changes in the configuration file:
## This is a sample configuration file. See the nxlog reference manual about the ## configuration options. It should be installed locally and is also available ## online at http://nxlog.org/nxlog-docs/en/nxlog-reference-manual.html ## Please set the ROOT to the folder your nxlog was installed into, ## otherwise it will not start. define ROOT C:\Program Files (x86)\nxlog #define ROOT C:\Program Files\nxlog Moduledir %ROOT%\modules CacheDir %ROOT%\data Pidfile %ROOT%\data\nxlog.pid SpoolDir %ROOT%\data LogFile %ROOT%\data\nxlog.log <Extension json> Module xm_json </Extension> <Input eventlog> #Uncomment im_msvistalog for Windows Vista/2008 and later Module im_msvistalog #Uncomment im_mseventlog for Windows XP/2000/2003 #Module im_mseventlog # Possible filter #Query <QueryList><Query Id="0"><Select Path="Security">*</Select><Select Path="System">*</Select><Select Path="Application">*</Select></Query></QueryList> Exec $EventReceivedTime = integer($EventReceivedTime) / 1000000; to_json(); </Input> <Output out> Module om_tcp Host logs.teknas.com Port 514 </Output> <Route 1> Path eventlog => out </Route>
Start > Administrative Tools > Services
Service Name: nxlog
Inside your CloudStat Portal, create a new data source for Microsoft Active Directory.
CloudStat > Data Sources > Add New