Logging is not just syslog anymore. Still, many syslog-ng users stick to using one of the syslog protocols for log transport and flat files for log storage. While most SIEMs and log analytics tools can receive syslog messages or read them using their…
Network traffic is expensive in the cloud, and even a single syslog-ng instance can easily saturate the full bandwidth of a network connection. Compressing HTTP traffic was introduced in syslog-ng Version 4.4.0 and depending on your use case, you can…
Panther is an open-source log management system, which is also available as a service for a time-limited trial. It is still in beta phase, but it looks promising. You can see the “beta” sign on its opening page: https://app.panther.support…
Dear syslog-ng users,
This is the 94th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news.
Version 3.34.1 of syslog-ng has been released with many interesting new features. There is now…
Recently, many services provide an HTTP-based API to send messages. With a bit of luck, the given service is already supported directly by syslog-ng, or by using the Apprise Python library from the syslog-ng Python destination. In other cases, you need…
A returning question I get is: “I see, that you can send alerts from syslog-ng to Slack and Telegram, but do you happen to support XYZ?” Replace XYZ with Discord and countless others. Up until recently, my regular answer has been: “Take a look at the…
The http() destination is quickly becoming one of the most often used destinations within syslog-ng. You might already be using it even if you are not aware of it. Quite a few syslog-ng destination drivers are actually just configuration snippets in the…
You can create your own custom headers for the HTTP destination using the Python HTTP header plugin of syslog-ng and Python scripts. The included example configuration just adds a simple counter to the headers but with a bit of coding you can resolve…
Each syslog-ng release comes with one or more larger features that steal the show from very useful but smaller features. Now I collect these small features and explain how they can make your life easier.
Learn what is coming up in syslog-ng version 3…
For quite some time, Splunk has recommended to collect syslog messages using syslog-ng, save them to files, and send them to Splunk using forwarders. Unless you have a very high message rate, the HTTP destination of syslog-ng can greatly simplify this…
