![]() ![]() With the Logentries Windows Agent, it’s always been easy to get logs into the Logentries platform. Anyone who has ever managed a Windows environment can appreciate the nuances that come with it. Windows has always marched to the beat of a different drum whether it be logging, management, or software deployments. It’s not entirely helpful when trying to parse out important information and it’s downright wordy, which you can see in the example below. It’s not easy to read unless you’re in the Windows EventLog Viewer. To say the Windows Event Log format is unique is an understatement. Let’s explore JSON formatting of Windows events. We already wrote about a few, namely JSON and Apache/Nginx and Django, now we’ll tackle a different beast. However we thought it would be beneficial to dive into some more specific applications. Logentries has written a few posts covering this topic, covering What is JSON, Common Problems Solved with JSON, and our Exporting as JSON. The default location of this file is C:\Program Files (x86)\nxlog\conf.It seems like everyone in DevOps has been talking about JSON recently – JSON is hot! ![]() Create a new nf file to replace the default file.Install NXLog on the domain controller.To use NXLog to collect the security log: You can use NXLog to collect domain controller security logs for Active Directory. You can look at other examples and also configure the NXLog files to send encrypted messages. Use one of the following configuration files to collect security logs: If you need to collect security log events from your environment, but do not want to use a Domain Admin account, you can configure NXLog to collect events for you. You can now use the new NXLog configuration. For additional configuration options, see the NXLog reference manual here: ![]()
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