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 before…
Many Linux distributions provide build services under various names: openSUSE Build Service (OBS), Fedora Copr, and so on. These resources are indispensable for upstream developers, and also for their users. I will demonstrate this through some examples…
In version 4 of syslog-ng, the role of Python became even more important. Previously, all parts of syslog-ng could be extended using Python code, but no actual Python code was provided with syslog-ng. Version 4.0 added a Kubernetes module implemented…
DBLD is a central tool when it comes to syslog-ng development, but even after multiple blogs about the tool, it is still not much used outside of the developers’ team. So, what is DBLD and how could it be used even by you? The abbreviation stands for…
Dear syslog-ng users,
This is the 80th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news.
In these difficult times, when many of us stay at home, we can decide what to do with that bit of extra time that we don…
Dear syslog-ng users,
This is the 79th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news.
For many years – especially after syslog-ng changed to a rolling release…
Dear syslog-ng users,
This is the 78th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news.
I define syslog-ng as an “Enhanced logging daemon with a focus on portability and high-performance…
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 accidentally or…
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 (yum…
When a user reports a problem with syslog-ng, developers create code to fix it. The fix is called a patch or a pull request (PR) in Git terminology. Often this code does not enter the main source code automatically but developers ask the user to test…
