ossec-logcollector¶

The ossec-logcollector daemon monitors configured files and commands for new log messages. ossec-logcollector is configured in ossec.conf. (see ossec.conf: Localfile options)

ossec-logcollector argument options¶

-c <config>¶

Run ossec-logcollector using <config> as the configuration file.

Default: /var/ossec/etc/ossec.conf

-d¶: Execute ossec-logcollector in debug mode. This option can be used multiple times to increase the verbosity of the debug messages.

-f¶: Run ossec-logcollector in the foreground.

-h¶: Display the help message.

-t¶: Test configuration.

-V¶: Version and license information.