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Auto-install Nxlog with Chocolatey Package Manager
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| Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1')) | |
| iex "choco install nxlog -y" | |
| $client = New-Object System.Net.WebClient | |
| # download & save the correct nxlog config which includes Sysmon, Nxlog WILL FAIL if Sysmon is not installed | |
| if ([System.IntPtr]::Size -eq 4) { # I also assumed no change in default install paths | |
| $url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jymcheong/SysmonResources/master/6.%20Sample%20Data/nxlog.conf32.txt" | |
| $path = "C:\Program Files\nxlog\conf\nxlog.conf" | |
| } else { | |
| $url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jymcheong/SysmonResources/master/6.%20Sample%20Data/nxlog.conf64.txt" | |
| $path = "C:\Program Files (x86)\nxlog\conf\nxlog.conf" | |
| } | |
| $client.DownloadFile($url, $path) | |
| # restart nxlog service | |
| Restart-Service -Name nxlog |
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Need admin rights. Tested on Win7ent 32bit & win10-64bit.