Manual Chapter : Creating a publisher to send log messages to the local Syslog database

Applies To:

  • BIG-IP AFM

    17.5.1, 17.5.0, 17.1.2, 17.1.1, 17.1.0, 17.0.0, 16.1.6, 16.1.5, 16.1.4, 16.1.3, 16.1.2, 16.1.1, 16.1.0, 16.0.1, 16.0.0, 15.1.10, 15.1.9, 15.1.8, 15.1.7, 15.1.6, 15.1.5, 15.1.4, 15.1.3, 15.1.2, 15.1.1, 15.1.0

Updated Date: 07/07/2026

Creating a publisher to send log messages to the local Syslog database

Create a publisher to specify that the BIG-IP system sends formatted log messages to the local Syslog database, on the BIG-IP system.

  1. On the Main tab, click System > Logs > Configuration > Log Publishers.

    The Log Publishers screen opens.

  2. Click Create.

  3. In the Name field, type a unique, identifiable name for this publisher.

  4. For the Destinations setting, select the previously created destination from the Available list (which formats the logs in the Splunk format and forwards the logs to the local Syslog database) and move the destination to the Selected list.

  5. Click Finished.