Welcome to the third part of my syslog-ng tutorial. Today we cover the various syslog-ng editions (open source, commercial and appliance), and where to get them from. The focus of this tutorial series is the Open Source Edition (OSE), but to avoid co…

Welcome to the second part of my syslog-ng tutorial series. In this part, we cover some of the basic concepts behind syslog-ng. You can watch the video or read the text below. https://youtu.be/unXX69XUtnE What is syslog-ng? Last time we defined syslo…

Welcome to the first part of my syslog-ng tutorial series. In this part, I give you a quick introduction what to expect from this series and try to define what syslog-ng is. Before introducing you to syslog-ng, let me introduce myself in a few words.…

The syslog-ng Premium Edition (PE) application is built on the solid foundation of syslog-ng Open Source Edition (OSE). PE inherits many of the OSE features and adds cloud-related features, among others. Our latest webinar shows you how to send log m…

Dear syslog-ng users, This is the 106th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news. NEWS Testing syslog-ng 4.0 This syslog-ng blog does not demonstrate any new syslog-ng features or integrations. I…

Each new MacOS release brings some surprises when it comes to compiling syslog-ng. MacOS Ventura has been released recently, while Homebrew has also been updated. So here are some updated instructions for MacOS Ventura (and also for the last MacOS mi…

The syslog-ng Store Box (SSB) appliance is built upon syslog-ng Premium Edition (PE). SSB inherits most of syslog-ng PE’s features and makes them available with an easy-to-use graphical user interface. There are multiple ways how users can auth...

Dear syslog-ng users, This is the 105th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news. NEWS Type support: getting started with syslog-ng 4.0 Version 4.0 of syslog-ng is right around the corner. It hasn&rs…

The syslog-ng team publishes nightly syslog-ng git snapshot builds for Debian and Ubuntu. I publish weekly snapshot builds for RPM distributions. Recently, I was asked if creating git snapshot builds for FreeBSD is also possible. Yes, it is. That is …

How to get started with syslog-ng? There are two main resources: the syslog-ng documentation and the syslog-ng blogs. You should learn the concepts and basics from the documentation. The blogs document use cases and you can use the docs as a referenc…

This week’s syslog-ng blog does not demonstrate any new syslog-ng features or integrations. Instead of those, it is a request for testing syslog-ng 4.0 and points you at a few related blogs and resources. What is under development? The two most...

The syslog-ng team started publishing container images many years ago. For quite a while, it was a manual process, however, a few releases ago, publishing a container image became part of the release process. Recently, nightly container images have a…