Event log monitoring configurations installed with DEX

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The Application and Device Health plugin (com.sn_dex) installs 20 event log monitoring configurations that are active by default. These configurations define the monitored events, log sources, and matching criteria for Windows and macOS devices.

The Application and Device Health plugin (com.sn_dex) installs 20 event log monitoring configurations in the Event Log Monitoring Configs table. All 20 configurations are active by default: 11 for Windows and 9 for macOS.

Note: These base system configurations count toward the 25-event maximum per operating system. On Windows, the 11 base system configurations leave 14 available for custom events. On macOS, the 9 base system configurations leave 16 available. To add a custom event, remove any base system configuration you don't need. See Add an event to monitor. For field descriptions, see New DEX event form.

Configuration name Event ID Log source
Resource exhaustion / low memory 2004 System
Windows Update installation failure 20 Setup
Wi-Fi – WLAN connection failed 8001 System
VPN connection failure 20227 System
Application crashes 1000 Application
Windows Defender threat detected 1116 Microsoft-Windows-Windows Defender/Operational
Device driver load failure 219 System
Failed login attempt 4625 Security
Unexpected system shutdown 41 System
USB device connected 2003 System
MSI installer failure 1024 Application
Configuration name Process Subsystem or category Query type Event message
VPN disconnected locationd com.apple.networkextension Contains NEVPNConnectivityStateDisconnecting
Software installation failed installer — Regex .*(Installation|Package|cancelled).*
Software update failed softwareupdated — Regex .*(failed|error|unable|download|install).*
USB storage mounted — com.apple.DiskArbitration Contains mounted
Login failed authorizationhost com.apple.Authorization Contains pam_authenticate failed
Wi-Fi disconnected wifip2pd com.apple.wifip2pd Contains not associated
USB device connected kernel — Contains enumerated
Kernel panics kernel com.apple.system.logging.kernel_panics Contains panic
Application crash loginwindow com.apple.loginwindow.logging Contains crashed

Parent Topic:DEX Application and Device Health reference

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