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Dear syslog-ng users, This is the 111th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news. NEWS Introducing sngbench: a shell script to performance test your syslog-ng One of the returning questions I receive is...
One of the returning questions I received recently: why contribute to the syslog-ng upstream? I guess it is a question many open-source projects receive regularly. There are many generic answers. Here I would like to focus more on syslog-ng, focusing...
In version 4 of syslog-ng, the role of Python became even more important. Previously, all parts of syslog-ng could be extended using Python code, but no actual Python code was provided with syslog-ng. Version 4.0 added a Kubernetes module implemented...
A few weeks ago I wrote about syslog-ng in Microsoft’s own Linux distribution, CBL-Mariner. Vmware Photon OS 4 .0 is another niche Linux distribution. It not only features syslog-ng, but syslog-ng is also up-to-date. The syslog-ng package in Pho...
Dear syslog-ng users, This is the 93rd issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news. NEWS Sending alerts to Discord and others from syslog-ng using Apprise: blocks and Python templates From this blog, you ...
Dear syslog-ng users, This is the 92nd issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news. NEWS First steps of sending alerts to Discord and others from syslog-ng: http() and Apprise A returning question I get is:...
A returning question I get is: “I see, that you can send alerts from syslog-ng to Slack and Telegram, but do you happen to support XYZ?” Replace XYZ with Discord and countless others. So, last week I showed you how to send alerts to Disco...
A returning question I get is: “I see, that you can send alerts from syslog-ng to Slack and Telegram, but do you happen to support XYZ?” Replace XYZ with Discord and countless others. Up until recently, my regular answer has been: “...
Technology is continuously evolving. There are regular changes in platforms running syslog-ng: old technologies disappear, and new technologies are introduced. While we try to provide stability and continuity to our users, we also need to adapt. Pyth...
Dear syslog-ng users, This is the 81st issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news. NEWS Version 3.27 of syslog-ng released Version 3.27.1 of syslog-ng is now available, adding many smaller features to ...
You can create your own custom headers for the HTTP destination using the Python HTTP header plugin of syslog-ng and Python scripts. The included example configuration just adds a simple counter to the headers but with a bit of coding you can resolve...
Dear syslog-ng users, This is the 74th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news. NEWS Format your log messages in Python Sometimes getting log messages into the desired format can be a problem, but wi...