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Log Forwarding and SIEM Export

Forward Access Gate's alerts, flows, and audit events to your SIEM over syslog.

2 min read · Last updated 2026-04-22

Access Gate generates three streams worth carrying off-box: security alerts, flow records from the monitoring port, and the audit trail of administrative actions. All three can be forwarded to your SIEM over syslog — the format every SIEM understands.

What Gets Exported

StreamTypical useVolume
AlertsDetection, incident responseLow — seconds between events
Audit trailCompliance, access reviewLow — per user action
Flow recordsNetwork forensics, baseliningMedium — proportional to traffic

You pick which streams to forward, so you can keep the alert feed tight while shipping flow records in bulk.

Syslog Destination

Access Gate sends events over syslog — UDP, TCP, or TCP/TLS. Most SIEMs accept this out of the box: Splunk, Elastic, QRadar, and Sentinel (via its syslog connector) all work without custom integration.

Configure a syslog destination
  1. Navigate to Settings → Log Export → Destinations.
  2. Click Add destination and pick Syslog.
  3. Enter the hostname/IP, port (514 for UDP/TCP, 6514 for TLS), and transport.
  4. Upload the SIEM's CA certificate if using TLS.
  5. Pick which streams to send to this destination (alerts, audit, flows).
  6. Save.

A test button emits a synthetic event so you can confirm it arrived on the SIEM side before relying on production signal.