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• Responds to triggers (i.e. from cron or the SNMP agent)
• Checks local Device Settings for the URL of the file store, the logs it should send, and the repository it should use
• Gets connection credentials
• Makes a connection to the remote server and sends the files

Features

• Log upload uses Uses Xconf as the primary end point
• Ability to configure enable/disable log upload for a device/group of devices (During bootup, box retrieves configuration information from xconf. Based on rules defined  in xconf server, we can control whether this particular device needs to do log upload or not.)
• Allows sampling of devices from a bigger population
• Configuration server is responsible for retrieving and delivering settings to any client
• Configurable upload methods (HTTP/SCP)
  

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Once the box gets the response, it parses it. It sets the specified random schedule that delays uploading the files. At that time, the box packages up all of its log files (up to twelve of them), compresses the bundle, and uploads the archive to the destination:.