Configure Umbrella Virtual Appliance Logging to Remote Syslog Server

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Updated:October 27, 2025
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    Introduction

    This document describes how to enable Umbrella Virtual Appliance (VA) to log events to a remote syslog server.

    Prerequisites

    Requirements

    There are no specific requirements for this document.

    Components Used

    The information in this document is based on Cisco Umbrella.

    The information in this document was created from the devices in a specific lab environment. All of the devices used in this document started with a cleared (default) configuration. If your network is live, ensure that you understand the potential impact of any command.

    Overview

    Umbrella Virtual Appliance version 3.1.x and later support logging to a remote syslog server.

    You can log these messages to a syslog server by using this feature:

    • VA upgrades and reboots
    • Logins to the VA and any configuration commands executed on the VA
    • Requests for internal domains forwarded by the VA to local DNS servers. Logging these requests can provide visibility into the source of DNS requests for internal domains.

    Instructions for configuring remote logging on the VA are in the Umbrella documentation.

    Revision History

    Revision Publish Date Comments
    1.0
    27-Oct-2025
    Initial Release
    TAC Authored

    Contributed by Cisco Engineers

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