---
title: NXLog
description: Configure NXLog to gather logs from your host, containers, & services.
breadcrumbs: Docs > Integrations > NXLog
---

# NXLog
Supported OS 
## Overview{% #overview %}

Configure NXLog to gather logs from your host, containers, and services.

## Setup{% #setup %}

The following outlines the setup for log collection through HTTP endpoints and NXLog TLS encryption. For more information on logging endpoints, see [Log Collection](https://docs.datadoghq.com/logs/log_collection/).

### Log collection over HTTP{% #log-collection-over-http %}

```
    ## Set the ROOT to the folder your nxlog was installed into,
    ## otherwise it won't start.
    #To change for your own system if necessary
    define ROOT C:\Program Files\nxlog
    #define ROOT_STRING C:\Program Files\nxlog
    #define ROOT C:\Program Files (x86)\nxlog
    Moduledir %ROOT%\modules
    CacheDir %ROOT%\data
    Pidfile %ROOT%\data\nxlog.pid
    SpoolDir %ROOT%\data
    LogFile %ROOT%\data\nxlog.log
    ##Extension to format the message in JSON format
    <Extension json>
        Module xm_json
    </Extension>
    ##Extension to format the message in syslog format
    <Extension syslog>
    Module xm_syslog
    </Extension>
    ########## INPUTS ###########
    ##Input for windows event logs
    <Input syslogs>
        Module      im_msvistalog
    ##For windows 2003 and earlier use the following:
    #    Module      im_mseventlog
    </Input>
    ############ OUTPUTS ##############
    ##HTTP output module
    <Output out>
        Module      om_http
        URL         
        Port        
        Exec        to_syslog_ietf();
        Exec        $raw_event="<DATADOG_API_KEY> "+$raw_event;
    </Output>
    ############ ROUTES TO CHOOSE #####
    <Route 1>
        Path        syslogs => out
    </Route>
```

### NXLog TLS encryption{% #nxlog-tls-encryption %}

1. Download the [CA certificate](https://docs.datadoghq.com/resources/crt/ca-certificates.crt).

1. Add the `om_ssl` module in your NXLog configuration to enable secure transfer over port 10516:

   ```
   <Output out>
     Module  om_ssl
     Host    
     Port    
     Exec    to_syslog_ietf();
     Exec    $raw_event="my_api_key " + $raw_event;
     CAFile  <CERT_DIR>/ca-certificates.crt
     AllowUntrusted FALSE
   </Output>
   ```

## Troubleshooting{% #troubleshooting %}

Need help? Contact [Datadog support](https://docs.datadoghq.com/help/).