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    • The syslog-ng Insider 2025-05: develop branch; Active Roles; ARM container

      Peter Czanik
      Peter Czanik

      Dear syslog-ng users,


      This is the 131st issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news.

      NEWS

      Introducing the develop branch of the syslog-ng git repo

      For many years, the development of syslog-ng happened on the…

      • 5 days ago
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    • The syslog-ng Insider 2025-03: EPEL 10; Elasticsearch; Active Roles

      Peter Czanik
      Peter Czanik

      Dear syslog-ng users,


      This is the 129th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news.


      NEWS

      Test syslog-ng on EPEL 10!

      CentOS Stream 10 and EPEL 10 just became available, and as usual, I tried to build syslog…

      • 2 months ago
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    • The syslog-ng Insider 2025-01: Alpine Linux; Leap 16.0; Alma Linux

      Peter Czanik
      Peter Czanik

      Dear syslog-ng users,


      This is the 127th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news.

      NEWS

      A syslog-ng container image based on Alpine Linux

      Recently, someone suggested I should check out Alpine Linux and prepare…

      • 4 months ago
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    • The syslog-ng Insider 2024-12: FreeBSD audit; 4.8.1; conferences

      The syslog-ng Insider 2024-12: FreeBSD audit; 4.8.1; conferences

      Peter Czanik
      Peter Czanik

      Dear syslog-ng users,


      This is the 126th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news.

      NEWS

      FreeBSD audit source for syslog-ng

      Two weeks ago, I was at EuroBSDcon and received a feature request for syslog-ng…

      • 5 months ago
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    • The syslog-ng Insider 2024-11: testing; Quickwit; MacPorts

      Peter Czanik
      Peter Czanik

      Dear syslog-ng users,

      This is the 125th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news.

      NEWS

      A call for syslog-ng testing

      After the last syslog-ng release, we started a campaign to close open issues on GitHub.…

      • 6 months ago
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    • The syslog-ng Insider 2024-10: 4.8.0 release; version number; Debian Stable

      Peter Czanik
      Peter Czanik

      Dear syslog-ng users,


      This is the 124th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news.

      NEWS

      Version 4.8.0 of syslog-ng improves FreeBSD and MacOS support

      Recently One Identity released version 4.8.0 of its open…

      • 7 months ago
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    • The syslog-ng Insider 2024-09: documentation; TRANSPORT macro; rolling RPMs

      Peter Czanik
      Peter Czanik

      Dear syslog-ng users,


      This is the 123rd issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news.

      NEWS

      You can also contribute to the syslog-ng OSE documentation

      The up-to-date syslog-ng Administration Guide received a…

      • 8 months ago
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    • The syslog-ng Insider 2024-08: 4.8.0 release; Prometheus; Amazon Linux

      Peter Czanik
      Peter Czanik

      Dear syslog-ng users,


      This is the 122nd issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news.

      NEWS

      Version 4.8.0 of syslog-ng improves FreeBSD and MacOS support

      Recently One Identity released version 4.8.0 of its open…

      • 9 months ago
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    • The syslog-ng Insider 2024-07: logging trends; multiple platforms; sudo; retired platforms

      Peter Czanik
      Peter Czanik

      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 log…

      • 10 months ago
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    • The syslog-ng Insider 2024-05: documentation; grouping-by(); PAM Essentials; health

      Peter Czanik
      Peter Czanik

      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 and…

      • over 1 year ago
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    • The syslog-ng Insider 2024-04: PAM Essentials; XML Eventlog; multi-line logs

      Peter Czanik
      Peter Czanik

      Dear syslog-ng users,


      This is the 119th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news.


      NEWS

      Collecting One Identity Cloud PAM Essentials logs using syslog-ng

      One Identity Cloud PAM Essentials is the latest…

      • over 1 year ago
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    • The syslog-ng Insider 2024-03: MacOS; OpenTelemetry;

      Peter Czanik
      Peter Czanik

      Dear syslog-ng users,


      This is the 118th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news.

      NEWS

      Native MacOS source in syslog-ng

      You know that support for MacOS is important when every third visitor at the syslog…

      • over 1 year ago
      • syslog-ng Community
      • Blog
    • The syslog-ng Insider 2024-02: OpenObserve; configuration check; build services;

      Peter Czanik
      Peter Czanik

      Dear syslog-ng users,


      This is the 117th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news.

      NEWS

      Version 4.5.0 of syslog-ng is now available with OpenObserve JSON API support

      Recently, syslog-ng 4.5.0 was released…

      • over 1 year ago
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    • The syslog-ng Insider 2024-01: HTTP; Cloudflare; systemd-journal; Humio / Logscale;

      Peter Czanik
      Peter Czanik

      Dear syslog-ng users,


      This is the 116th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news.

      NEWS

      Why use a http()-based destination in syslog-ng?

      Logging is not just syslog anymore. Still, many syslog-ng users stick…

      • over 1 year ago
      • syslog-ng Community
      • Blog
    • The syslog-ng Insider 2023-12: compressed HTTP; packages; OpenObserve; duplicates;

      Peter Czanik
      Peter Czanik

      Dear syslog-ng users,


      This is the 115th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news.

      NEWS

      Compressing HTTP traffic in syslog-ng

      Network traffic is expensive in the cloud, and even a single syslog-ng instance…

      • over 1 year ago
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    • The syslog-ng Insider 2023-11: Splunk; configuration; journald;

      Peter Czanik
      Peter Czanik

      Dear syslog-ng users,


      This is the 114th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news.

      NEWS

      Sending logs to Splunk using syslog-ng

      There are many ways you can collect log messages using syslog-ng and forward…

      • over 1 year ago
      • syslog-ng Community
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    • The syslog-ng Insider 2023-10: contribute; parallelize; compatibility;

      Peter Czanik
      Peter Czanik

      Dear syslog-ng users,


      This is the 113th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news.


      NEWS

      Why contribute to syslog-ng upstream?

      One of the returning questions I received recently: why contribute to the syslog…

      • over 1 year ago
      • syslog-ng Community
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    • The syslog-ng insider 2023-05: learning; UDP; upgrading;

      Peter Czanik
      Peter Czanik

      Dear syslog-ng users,


      This is the 110th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news.


      NEWS

      Learning syslog-ng, the easier way

      Last year, one of the returning questions I received was how to learn syslog-ng…

      • over 2 years ago
      • syslog-ng Community
      • Blog
    • The syslog-ng Insider 2023-04: FreeBSD; Splunk; Deduplication;

      Peter Czanik
      Peter Czanik

      Dear syslog-ng users,


      This is the 109th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news.


      NEWS

      Installing a syslog-ng 4 development snapshot on FreeBSD

      Unless there is a serious problem, FreeBSD ports usually…

      • over 2 years ago
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      • Blog
    • The syslog-ng Insider 2023-03: 4.1; Homebrew; Ventura;

      Peter Czanik
      Peter Czanik

      Dear syslog-ng users,


      This is the 108th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news.


      NEWS


      Version 4.1 of syslog-ng available

      Version 4.1.1 of syslog-ng is now available. It brings PROXY protocol v2 support…

      • over 2 years ago
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    • The syslog-ng Insider 2023-02: 4.0; Azure; 101; FreeBSD;

      Peter Czanik
      Peter Czanik

      Dear syslog-ng users,


      This is the 107th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news.


      NEWS


      Version 4.0 of syslog-ng available

      After almost 14 years, a new major version of syslog-ng is available. Type support…

      • over 2 years ago
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      • Blog
    • Insider 2018-09: SCL; Splunk .conf18; failover; human readable numbers; webinars;

      Peter Czanik
      Peter Czanik

      Dear syslog-ng users,

      This is the 69th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news.

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      Creating your first block for the syslog-ng configuration library (SCL)

      The syslog-ng configuration library (SCL) is…

      • over 6 years ago
      • syslog-ng Community
      • Blog
    • Insider 2018-04: RHEL6; Windows Event Log; Patched RPM; HEC; Conferences

      Insider 2018-04: RHEL6; Windows Event Log; Patched RPM; HEC; Conferences

      Peter Czanik
      Peter Czanik

      Dear syslog-ng users,

      This is the 66th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news.

      NEWS

      syslog-ng is available for RHEL 6 / CentOS 6 again

      After more than a year, the latest version of syslog-ng compiles again…

      • over 7 years ago
      • syslog-ng Community
      • Blog
    • Insider 2018-02: New website; One Identity; Docker; Error messages; Elastic 6; DevConf

      Insider 2018-02: New website; One Identity; Docker; Error messages; Elastic 6; DevConf

      Peter Czanik
      Peter Czanik

      Dear syslog-ng users,

      This is the 65th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news.

      NEWS

      New syslog-ng website

      Our new website – https://www.syslog-ng.com/ – is now live. It is a central hub of information…

      • over 7 years ago
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