Dear syslog-ng users,
This is the 81st issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news.
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Version 3.27 of syslog-ng released
Version 3.27.1 of syslog-ng is now available, adding many smaller features to …
After many years of pushing all computing from on-site to the cloud or huge data centers, there is a new trend: edge computing. There can be many reasons, legal or practical, why data should be processed locally instead of being sent to a central loc…
Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is an optional feature of Windows 10 for developers who want the power of Linux (especially the Linux shell) on their Windows desktops. Of course, it is more than just a shell:you can easily install and run any comma…
Sumo Logic is one of the most popular cloud-based log management and security analytics services. They provide their own log shippers, but also work with others, including syslog-ng. The use of syslog-ng is well documented on their support website, b…
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 stan...
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 d…
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…
When your application has a problem that it cannot handle, then Java, PHP and other environments often write multi-line error messages. These long messages include many information useful for developers but it might be difficult to handle for logging…
Dear syslog-ng users,
This is the 79th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news.
NEWS
Introducing the syslog-ng-stable RPM repositories
For many years – especially after syslog-ng changed to a roll...
Dear syslog-ng users,
This is the 78th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news.
NEWS
Keeping syslog-ng portable
I define syslog-ng as an “Enhanced logging daemon with a focus on portability and ...
My original blog about getting started with syslog-ng on FreeBSD became outdated. The content was updated and extended a bit, and with some help from the FreeBSD community, it is now available on the FreeBSD wiki at https://wiki.freebsd.org/Ports/sys…
Last week I posted about my new syslog-ng-stable RPM repositories. I tried to explain the use case and how it relates to my other repos, nonetheless I got some questions. So, in this blog I provide you an overview of syslog-ng RPM repositories: why t…
