Chapter 9 Working with Logging and Reports
Remote Logging
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• Enabling and Configuring Remote Logging, page 9-32
• Disabling Remote Logging, page 9-33
About Remote Logging
The Remote Logging feature enables you to centralize accounting logs generated
by multiple Cisco Secure ACS servers. You can configure each Cisco Secure ACS
to point to a single Cisco Secure ACS that is to be used as the logging server. The
logging Cisco Secure ACS server can still perform its AAA duties, but it also is
the repository for accounting logs it receives. For more information about
Cisco Secure ACS accounting logs, see the “Accounting Logs” section on
page 9-4.
The Remote Logging feature sends accounting data received from AAA clients by
the local Cisco Secure ACS server directly to the CSLOG service on the remote
logging server, where the accounting data is written to the logs. The logging
server generates the accounting logs in the formats it is configured to use—CSV
and ODBC—regardless of the local logging configuration on the servers sending
the data to the logging server.
Note The Remote Logging feature does not affect the forwarding of accounting data
for proxied authentication requests. Cisco Secure ACS only applies Remote
Logging settings to accounting data for sessions authenticated by proxy when
accounting data for sessions authenticated by proxy is logged locally. For
more information about proxied authentication requests and accounting data
for sessions authenticated by proxy, see the “Proxy Distribution Table
Configuration” section on page 4-25.
