Add a remote syslog server to Firewalla

addremotesyslog.sh

#!/bin/bash
# v 2.1.0
  
syslog=/etc/rsyslog.d/09-externalserver.conf
# this logs notice and above. use *.* log everything. 
filter=*.notice
server=192.168.0.19 # Change the server to the IP of your syslog server.
port=514
hostname=firewalla
valid=$(grep "$server:$port" $syslog 2>/dev/null)

create () {
	# To use TCP uncomment line 14 to use TCP and comment line 16
	# echo -e "# remote syslog server (TCP):\n$filter @@$server:$port" | sudo tee $syslog
  # Line 16 assumes UDP: to use TCP, comment the line 16 and uncomment line 14
	echo -e "# remote syslog server (UDP):\n\$LocalHostName $hostname\nfilter @$server:$port" | sudo tee $syslog
        echo "Restarting rsyslog..."
        sudo systemctl restart rsyslog
        echo "remote syslog added"
	exit
}

cleanup () {
	sudo rm -f $syslog
	sudo systemctl restart rsyslog
}

if [ -f "$syslog" ] ; then

	if [ -n "$valid" ] ; then

	echo "remote syslog already in place with $server:$port specified"

	case $1 in
		-c)
		echo -e "\nrecreating syslog configuration..." 
		cleanup
		create
		;;

  		-r|-restart|-force|-f)
                echo "Restarting rsyslog..."
                sudo systemctl restart rsyslog
		exit
		;;
		
		-u|-update)
			read -p "Are you sure you want to remove the syslog forwarder? type 'y' " -n 1 -r
			echo
	
			if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]] ; then
				ls $syslog 2>/dev/null && cleanup || echo -e "\n\nNo log found.\n"
			fi
			exit
		;;

		-h)
		echo -e "You can use:\n     - \`$0 -c\` recreate forwarding\n     - \`$0 -r\` restart the syslog service\
		\n     - \`$0 -u\` uninstall the settings to send to the remote syslog server\n\n"
    		exit
		;;
	esac

	else
		echo "The server is not configured correctly. On it." 
		cleanup
		create
	fi
else
	echo "There was no syslog forwarder in place."
	create
fi

@nickt444 ,

In my version, there is no need for a cron job. I feel it is a bad idea to restart syslog every hour. I'm not sure I follow what problem that was trying to solve. The current code is not how Firewalla recommends creating cron jbos. I haven't tested to see if it works anyway. Maybe in a round about way it still works but there's no reason to do it this way.

I haven't tested the modified version. The fact that it seems to need a cronjob makes me cautious about it for now. When I get a chance I may try to fix a few things and see if it has any adverse effects if the cron isn't run.

I've been playing with a Graylog server in my home lab, as a result, I started looking into how to export the Bro(Zeek) logs from the Firewalla to Graylog.

I was using the following script via a cron job every minute, found it on Reddit.

#!/bin/bash for l infind /log/blog/ -type f -mmin -1 ;do zcat $l | sed "s|\}|,\"firewalla_log\":\"$l\"}|g" | nc -q 5 192.168.25.200 514 -w0;done

I ran across this Gist, and tried to use @mjaestewart script, this appears to pickup and re-send all exsiting logs each time rsyslog is restarted, which probably isn't a problem normally, but if you are fiddling, I'm finding that it's dumping 6k logs in a second and then my graylog server queue starts piling up.

imfile appears to support a 'freshStartTail' option, how would I include it in mjaestewart's script? would it get added as a parameter on the input line?

input(type="imfile" ruleset="forwardSysLogs" Tag="ConnLog" File="/bspool/manager/conn.log" freshStartTail="on")