Dear syslog-ng users, This is the 74th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you news related to syslog-ng. NEWS Tetris destination In this blog post we show you a fun way of using the Python destination of syslog-ng. We will w…

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 Tetris destination Table of Contents Overview The Emacs destination Inserting messages into an Emacs buffer Inserting messages outside Emacs The Tetris destination Overview In this blog post, I would like to show yo…

The syslog-ng source code includes a container-based build system. You can use it to generate source tarballs (the official syslog-ng release tarball is also generated this way) and to build packages for RHEL 7 and different Debian and Ubuntu release…

Using python-fetcher() simplifies developing a source driver for syslog-ng even further. You do not have to implement your own eventloop, since syslog-ng does it for you. You only need to focus on what information you need and how you (or your code) …

“I'd tell you the joke about UDP, but you might not get it.” The old joke above perfectly summarizes UDP. There is no guarantee (frankly, not even a real effort) that data sent over UDP ever reaches the receiving end. Still, a surprisingl...

I used containers (namely, FreeBSD jail) in production already in 2001. Still, it was the tool and company called Docker that made the use of containers mainstream. Fast forward another few years and you can hear the names skopeo, buildah and podman …

HTTP is quickly becoming the universal transport protocol of the Internet. Nowadays even DNS over HTTPS implementations are available. There is no HTTP source implemented in C for syslog-ng, but starting with syslog-ng version 3.18, you can write new…

Dear syslog-ng users, This is the 72nd issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news. NEWS Creating a central syslog server Your home network might already contain some devices or systems like a home server, …

One of the many ways members of a team collaborate is to use Slack. From syslog-ng version 3.19, you can send log messages to Slack. You can receive critical log messages in real-time in your Slack client on your mobile or desktop. Learn how to set u…

Dear syslog-ng users, This is the 71st issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news. NEWS Version 3.19 of syslog-ng released Version 3.19 of syslog-ng has been released with plenty of new features and bugf…

Learn how to use less resources for better performance in Splunk! Many people have been using syslog-ng for decades without knowing that it receives new features as well as bugfixes. While many Linux utilities are practically in maintenance mode, sys…