Setup Remote Syslog on Cisco

Configure Logging

First we need to drop into configuration mode

conf t

Now we run the following command. Change ip-address to the address of you remote syslog server.

logging host ip-address

You will want to make sure that your time/timezone is correct.

https://community.cisco.com/t5/networking-knowledge-base/how-to-configure-logging-in-cisco-ios/ta-p/3132434

Set timezone

Change UTC and 0 to your your timezone and how many hours off UTC you are. For example for EST you would do EST -5

clock timezone UTC 0

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