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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…

When your application has a problem that it cannot handle, then Java, PHP and other environments often write multi-line error messages. These long messages include many information useful for developers but it might be difficult to handle for logging…

Dear syslog-ng users, This is the 79th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news. NEWS Introducing the syslog-ng-stable RPM repositories For many years – especially after syslog-ng changed to a roll...

Dear syslog-ng users, This is the 78th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news. NEWS Keeping syslog-ng portable I define syslog-ng as an “Enhanced logging daemon with a focus on portability and ...

Last week, we explored the different syslog-ng packages available for RPM-based Linux distributions, used by the majority of our Linux users. This week, we focus on FreeBSD, the platform of choice for most of our non-Linux users. From this blog, you …

Last week I posted about my new syslog-ng-stable RPM repositories. I tried to explain the use case and how it relates to my other repos, nonetheless I got some questions. So, in this blog I provide you an overview of syslog-ng RPM repositories: why t…

For many years – especially after syslog-ng changed to a rolling release model – users I talked to asked for up-to-date RPM packages. They also asked for a separate repository for each new release to avoid surprises (a new release might a...

The syslog-ng application is included in all major Linux distributions, and you can usually install syslog-ng from the official repositories. If the core functionality of syslog-ng meets your needs, use the package in your distribution repository (yu…

Bastille is a container management system for FreeBSD. If you are coming from a Linux world, it is a bit like Docker or Podman / Buildah from Red Hat, at least some of its functionality. I learned about BastilleBSD right before my Christmas holidays.…

I define syslog-ng, as an “Enhanced logging daemon with a focus on portability and high-performance central log collection”. One of the original goals of syslog-ng was portability: running the same application on a wide variety of archite...

Mac support is a returning question among syslog-ng users, especially when I talk to users in the US. For recent releases, each commit is automatically tested on macOS, on the other hand there is not much information available on Mac support. Recentl…

Dear syslog-ng users, This is the 77th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news. NEWS Set up Kibana 7 for syslog-ng & GeoIP Version 7 of the Elastic stack was released a few months ago, and brought...