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How to install

1. Run the setup program lx-setup-0.13.0.1-x86_32_ce.exe to install the software.

2. After the software is installed, run the batch C:\lx\app\control-lxsrv.bat initialize_server to prepare your server for the first start.

3. Is the software initialized successfully, run the batch C:\lx\start.bat to point your default browser to the server homepage.

4. Instructions how to to configure and use the appliance can be found on logxxl homepage on the internet.

Note: The batch C:\lx\start.bat runs your default web browser configured with your Windows system. If this fails, use a browser that is available with your system to open the server homepage manually from file://c:/lx/www/lx/de/index.html for German or file://c:/lx/www/lx/de/index.html for English language.

[Juergen Adams]

Welcome to lx server!

lx server is a Windows implementation of the Graylog2 Log-Management Server. Fully equipped with all tools ready to use with Windows 5.x/6.x (Windows Vista/7/8/2008) and later.

lx server should help you to explore the world of state-of-the-art log management to see what the power is.

The Log Management Server Appliance lx server offers beside the Graylog2 server all nessesary utilities to collect, convert, send and inspect your log data. lx Server support you to analyse the messages collected and offers forwarding them to other systems for e.g. monitoring applications (system and/or application monitoring) or analysis and reporting using standard Business Intelligence Applications (BI).

Graylog2-Server supports out-of-the box interfaces to overtake log message data from e.g. AMQP-based messenging systems like RabbitMQ, taking over messages from Unix/Linux syslog systems (syslog, rsyslog, syslog-ng) or directly from applications over the network as GELF protocols (TCP oder UDP).

To collect individual log data, lx server integrates nxlog as an universal data collector. The collector supports the data collection from a wide range of additional sources like log files from applications, web-server-logs (Apache, nginx), event log systems of the operation systems Windows, Unix and Linux, from databases (Oracle, mySQL) or from interface programs of your applications.

Have fun and
Rock Your Logs!

[Juergen Adams]

Security Notice

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The installer for  lx server  extracts a bunch of files 
from Open-Source packages to your disk. In  some cases,   
virus scanners  respectivly the security software  used 
with your Windows system detects some files as bad  and 
prevent that data to be installed with your system.

In  such cases, unfortuneatly the security software used 
with your Windows system needs to be deactivated for the 
time  of  installation  to  make it sure the software is 
installed correctly.

In such  cases  it  is  highly  recommended to configure 
the server home directory c:\lx as an exception with the 
securtity software, permanently.

The package is virus-free guaranteed and doesn't contain 
any  malicious software, spyware  or any  other unwanted 
software, for sure.

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