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Version 4.11.0 of syslog-ng contains contributions from Databricks related to OAuth2 authentication. Recently, they published a blog about how this enables their customers to send logs to their data lake using syslog-ng and the OpenTelemetry protocol…

Dear syslog-ng users, This is the 139th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news. NEWS Automatic configuration of the syslog-ng wildcard-file() source Reading files and monitoring directories became a l…

I have an aging, but fully functional MacBook. I bought it for syslog-ng testing, but I also use for watching movies. Homebrew no more fully supports old, Intel-based Macs. This blog helps to compile the latest syslog-ng release on these old, but oth…

I often hear, even at security conferences that “no central log collection here” or “we have something due to compliance”. Central logging is more than just compliance. It makes logs easier to use, available and secure, thus m...

Dear syslog-ng users, This is the 138th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news. NEWS Version 4.11.0 of syslog-ng is now available Version 4.11.0 of syslog-ng is now available. The main attraction is …

Committed users compile syslog-ng for themselves from source. However, most of us wait until a software is available as an easy-to-install package for our operating system of choice. In this blog post, you will see an overview on the available packag…

Version 4.11.0 of syslog-ng is now available. The main attraction is the brand new Kafka source, but there are many other smaller features and improvements, as well. Before you begin If you happen to use Debian, Ubuntu or the RHEL family of operating…

UDP log collection is a legacy feature that does not provide any security or reliability, but is still in wide use. You can improve its reliability using eBPF on Linux in recent syslog-ng versions. Support for eBPF was added to Debian packages while …

Dear syslog-ng users, This is the 137th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news. NEWS The syslog-ng stats-exporter() now has all functionality of syslog-ng-ctl The syslog-ng stats-exporter() allows yo…

Version 4.11 of syslog-ng will feature a brand-new Kafka source. While it is being tested and reviewed, we are working on reducing the number of open issues. What should be fixed next? Two weeks ago, I wrote about testing the upcoming syslog-ng 4.11 …

Reading files and monitoring directories became a lot more efficient in recent syslog-ng releases. However, it is also needed manual configuration. Version 4.11 of syslog-ng can automatically configure the optimal setting for both. If you follow my b…

The syslog-ng 4.11 release is right around the corner. Thousands of automatic tests run before each new piece of source code is merged, but nothing can replace real-world hands-on tests. So help us testing Elasticsearch / OpenSearch data-streams, Kaf…