Last week One Identity released version 4.8.0 of its open-source log management application. Learn about some of the new features and bug fixes: why upgrade to the latest syslog-ng version, not only on FreeBSD :-) Before you begin If you want to try …

The syslog-ng configuration starts with a version number declaration. Up until recently, if it was missing, syslog-ng did not start. With syslog-ng 4.8, this is changing. From this blog, you can learn why version information is useful, what workaroun…

Syslog-ng uses a container-based system to generate the official source tgz and to build ready-to-use packages for various Linux distributions. Recently, we added support for some rolling RPM Linux distributions, allowing us to spot breaking changes …

Dear syslog-ng users, This is the 121st issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news. NEWS Trends in open source logging Recently I was asked by Chas Clawson of Sumo Logic what I think about open source lo…

The up-to-date syslog-ng Administration Guide received a new look and easier navigation, as well as better search experience. Best of all, you can now also easily contribute to the syslog-ng documentation. The problem Up until recently, the syslog-ng…

Do you want to know how your log messages arrived to syslog-ng? The new $TRANSPORT macro provides you with part of the answer. It shows you the protocol variant for network sources, or the kind of local source used. Before you begin You need a suffic…

Prometheus is an open-source monitoring system that collects metrics from your hosts and applications, allowing you to visualize and alert on them. The syslog-ng Prometheus exporter allows you to export syslog-ng statistics, so that Prometheus can co…

Last year, I received many requests about syslog-ng for Amazon Linux 2023, but I could not find an easy way to create syslog-ng packages. Recently, however, I found that Fedora Copr supports building packages for Amazon Linux 2023. So, with a little …

Dear syslog-ng users, This is the 120th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news. NEWS The official syslog-ng OSE documentation got a new look The syslog-ng Administration Guide received a new look a…

Version 4.7.1 of syslog-ng OSE was released recently. It brings many smaller enhancements to metrics, OpenTelemetry and other features, while it also retires support for some older platforms. Which platforms are affected? The following three platform…

Your favorite Linux distribution is X. You test everything there. However, your colleagues use distro Y, and another team distro Z. Nightmares start here: the same commands install a different set of syslog-ng features, configuration defaults and use…

Version 1.9.16 of sudo will feature a new option for logging: json_compact. Why is this important? This new format can easily be read and parsed by a log management software, like syslog-ng. Note that in this blog I am showing you a sudo feature whic…