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Log Forwarding: Name the Central Server

MediumDevOps10-15 min
The brief

Logs need to ship to a central collector, and someone configured rsyslog to forward them. Examine /root/project/forward.conf (hosts differ per session) and record the destination HOSTNAME that ALL logs (*.*) are forwarded to — the host after the @@ or @, without the port — to /root/answers/log_target.txt. Commented-out lines aren't active, and a facility-specific rule (like mail.*) isn't the catch-all.

What you'll do
  • Record the hostname all logs are forwarded to in /root/answers/log_target.txt

Hands-on lab: you work on a real Linux box in your browser, graded on the machine's actual state.