Configuring Mutual Authentication for SYSLOG

Install or import the certificates for the SYSLOG client.

At least one SYSLOG server must be configured on the device using the logging syslog-server host command.

To configure Mutual Authentication do the following:

  1. Import the SYSLOG client certificate. Use the following command.
    crypto ca import-pkcs type pkcs12 cert-type syslog-client protocol FTP directory /mydir-name 
        file /myfile-name source-ip 10.11.12.13 user user-name password password ​
  2. Import the SYSLOG server CA certificates.
    crypto import syslogca directory /mydir-name file /myfile-name host 10.11.12.13 user user-name password password​
  3. Configure the SYSLOG server. Navigate to the global configuration mode. This configures a SYSLOG server with IP 10.11.12.13 with secure port 9449 which is a user configured port.
    SLX (config)# logging syslog-server host 10.11.12.13 use-vrf mgmt-vrf
    SLX (config)# secure port 9449  

The following example shows the complete configuration of SYSLOG server for Mutual Authentication.

logging raslog console INFO
logging syslog-server 10.11.12.13 use-vrf mgmt-vrf
 secure port 9449
!
logging auditlog class SECURITY
logging auditlog class CONFIGURATION
logging auditlog class FIRMWARE
logging syslog-facility local LOG_LOCAL7