This shows the Service property display.
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The Service properties box allows you to set the port that the Service listens for connections on, and the IP address of the Network Interface Card (NIC) to bind the port to if more than one exists on the PC.
The Options box allows you to set the interval that the statistics are updated on, and whether you wish standard events to be logged into the log file. Error events are always logged no matter what this setting.
You can control the rate of data being sent on to the Kiwi Syslog Daemon by selecting values from the Pacing drop-down list. The selections are in K bits per second. You can use the settings to regulate the flow of syslog data over the network to prevent flooding it if data traffic becomes heavy. The default setting is 64K.
In times of high input data traffic load, turning the logging off may help the Server cope with a higher loading.
A Client disconnection alert message may be sent from the server at a specific interval that can help mark syslog data files. You can build your own message, add standard variable values to it, and set the priority as you see fit. The priority is set from the Facility and Level drop down lists.
The Outgoing Ports list is a list of the network addresses of all the target Syslog Daemons that the Server can forward data to. You may add or delete ports at any stage. You may turn a port off or on. Be aware that any change to the port list will interrupt traffic very briefly while the Service reconfigures the ports.
The Test button tells the Manager to send a test message to the currently selected entry in the list. If more than 1 entry is selected, only the first one is used. If the port is UDP, the message is sent to the target address. If the port is TCP, the Manager attempts to connect to the target before sending the message. If it cannot connect to the target within 10 seconds, it abandons the test.
Saving the changes causes the Service to read the configuration data and make any changes specified. It may take a second or so for the Service to do this.