Dear syslog-ng users,
This is the 111th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news.
NEWS
Introducing sngbench: a shell script to performance test your syslog-ng
One of the returning questions I receive is how many log messages can a given hardware handle. My typical answer is that it depends on the configuration. I have now an answer, or rather a tool to answer your question sngbench.sh. It is a shell script that runs from localhost and uses loggen, the bundled benchmarking and testing tool of syslog-ng. It comes with two configurations: a performance-optimized and a realistic one. You are also free to extend sngbench with your own configurations.
Version 4.3.1 of syslog-ng available
Receive or send any kinds of logs, traces, and metrics with syslog-ng using OTLP/gRPC, improved performance for high-volume connections, and more! Containers and packages for major Linux distributions and FreeBSD are already available.
https://axoflow.com/axosyslog-release-4-3/
For the complete release notes, check: https://github.com/syslog-ng/syslog-ng/releases/tag/syslog-ng-4.3.1
Syslog-ng Python packaging
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 in Python, while version 4.2 added support for Hypr. But how can we ensure that all Python dependencies are met?
https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/syslog-ng-python-packaging
Getting syslog-ng 4
Version 4 of syslog-ng was released last December. Quite a few people use it already in production. How can you install it for a test drive? It might be already available in your Linux distribution. There are also several unofficial repositories with the latest syslog-ng.
From this blog, you can learn how to check your syslog-ng version, where to check if it is not yet installed, and a few additional resources, if you want to install the latest version from unofficial repositories.
https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/getting-syslog-ng-4
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