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Log Forwarder cfg deployment

How to deploy log forwarder to hundreds of computers? I'll use Group Policy for MSI installation but I also need to distribute the CFG file. Any tips how to do that? Thanks in advance for any answer.

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kstone

The configuration file is XML text, you can copy to the servers using any copy method. You will need to restart the Log Forwarder service for it to use the new config.

Also, for v1.1 at least, if you include an event log that does not exist on a server that agent won't start.

novakja

I was thinking about deploying the log forwarder to hundreds of clients PCs, I thought you can use kiwi syslog for that too? Or am I wrong? Thats why I asked for tips for copying cfg file to that large number of PCs. Instalation MSI is not an issue, you can install it trough Group Policy.

I like the Mini Remote Control agents MSI builder - that you can build your MSI with your config and than deploy the agents, but I dont think that you can do that here too, right?