Dear syslog-ng users,
This is the 111th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news.
One of the returning questions I receive is…
One of the returning questions I received recently: why contribute to the syslog-ng upstream? I guess it is a question many open-source projects receive regularly. There are many generic answers. Here I would like to focus more on syslog-ng, focusing…
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…
A few weeks ago I wrote about syslog-ng in Microsoft’s own Linux distribution, CBL-Mariner. Vmware Photon OS 4.0 is another niche Linux distribution. It not only features syslog-ng, but syslog-ng is also up-to-date. The syslog-ng package in Photon…
Dear syslog-ng users,
This is the 93rd issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news.
From this blog, you can…
Dear syslog-ng users,
This is the 92nd issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news.
A returning question I get is:…
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. So, last week I showed you how to send alerts to Discord using the…
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…
Technology is continuously evolving. There are regular changes in platforms running syslog-ng: old technologies disappear, and new technologies are introduced. While we try to provide stability and continuity to our users, we also need to adapt. Python…
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…
Dear syslog-ng users,
This is the 74th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news.
Sometimes getting log messages into the desired format can be a problem, but with…
Dear syslog-ng users,
This is the 74th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you news related to syslog-ng.
In this blog post we show you a fun way of using the Python destination of syslog-ng. We will write…
Getting log messages into the desired format can sometimes be a problem, but with syslog-ng you can use Python to get exactly the format you need. The syslog-ng Python template function allows you to write custom templates for syslog-ng in Python. It…
Tetris destination
In this blog post, I would like to show you…
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…
The Python parser of syslog-ng not only enables you to parse any type of log message, but you can also use it to enrich messages. From this blog you will learn how to extract information from a specially formatted log message, and how to create new name…
In my past two Python blogs I introduced you to the basics of the syslog-ng Python destination. In this blog I show you a working example of how you can publish your logs to MQTT using the Python destination of syslog-ng. If you are new to the Python…
Last week you learned the very basics of the syslog-ng Python destination. This time, you will move a bit further and learn about a few more configuration options and optional methods. If you are new to the Python destination and want to get started with…
You can store your log messages to many different destinations using syslog-ng, but of course not everywhere. This is where the Python destination of syslog-ng can come handy. You can extend syslog-ng easily with your own code written in Python and store…
Recently Splunk started to recommend the use of the HTTP Event Collector (HEC) instead of forwarders. Syslog-ng supports this in multiple ways. Last time I showed you how to use the http() destination of syslog-ng. This time I introduce you to another…
