Last time we looked at how syslog-ng can send logs to Quickwit using its Elasticsearch compatible API. This time we are going to look at how to use the OpenTelemetry protocol to send logs to Quickwit with syslog-ng. Read more at https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/sending-logs-to-quickwit-using-the-opentelemetry-destination-of-syslog-ng syslog-ng logo

We are always looking for new ways to store log messages. Quickwit is a new contender, designed for log storage, and among others, it also provides an Elasticsearch-compatible API. From this blog, you can learn about Quickwit, and how to forward log messages from syslog-ng to it using the Elasticsearch-compatible API. Read more at https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/first-steps-with-quickwit-and-syslog-ng syslog-ng logo

For many years, the official syslog-ng container and development containers were based on Debian Testing. We are switching to Debian Stable now. Learn about the history and the reasons for the change now. Read more at https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/we-are-switching-syslog-ng-containers-from-debian-testing-to-stable syslog-ng logo

The August syslog-ng newsletter is now on-line: Version 4.8.0 of syslog-ng improves FreeBSD and MacOS support syslog-ng Prometheus exporter Experimental syslog-ng packages for Amazon Linux 2023 It is available at https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/the-syslog-ng-insider-2024-08-4-8-0-release-prometheus-amazon-linux syslog-ng logo

A few weeks ago I was in Lille, France for Pass the SALT, a conference focused on open-source software and security, and gave a training on sudo. Ever since the conference, I’ve been approached by people asking if I could give sudo training(s) for or through their organization. Instead of writing a short answer to everyone in private, here is more detailed public response. The short answer: it depends :-)

Last week One Identity released version 4.8.0 of its open-source log management application. Learn about some of the new features and bug fixes: why upgrade to the latest syslog-ng version, not only on FreeBSD :-) Read more at https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/version-4-8-0-of-syslog-ng-improves-freebsd-and-macos-support syslog-ng logo

The syslog-ng configuration starts with a version number declaration. Up until recently, if it was missing, syslog-ng did not start. With syslog-ng 4.8, this is changing. From this blog, you can learn why version information is useful, what workaround you can use if you do not want to edit your syslog-ng configuration on each update, and what changed in version 4.8. You can read the rest of my blog at https://www.

The up-to-date syslog-ng Administration Guide received a new look and easier navigation, as well as better search experience. Best of all, you can now also easily contribute to the syslog-ng documentation. Almost everything is available from the opening page at https://syslog-ng.github.io/ However, here are some direct links for you: The syslog-ng 4.X documentation: https://syslog-ng.github.io/admin-guide/README The syslog-ng documentation contributor guide: https://syslog-ng.github.io/doc-guide/README#how-to-contribute-to-the-documentation The syslog-ng developer guide: https://syslog-ng.github.io/dev-guide/README (which still has some outdated parts)

Do you want to know how your log messages arrived to syslog-ng? The new $TRANSPORT macro provides you with part of the answer. It shows you the protocol variant for network sources, or the kind of local source used. Read more at https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/the-transport-macro-of-syslog-ng syslog-ng logo

Prometheus is an open-source monitoring system that collects metrics from your hosts and applications, allowing you to visualize and alert on them. The syslog-ng Prometheus exporter allows you to export syslog-ng statistics, so that Prometheus can collect it. While an implementation in Go has been available for years on GitHub (for more information, see this blog entry), that solution uses the old syslog-ng statistics interface. And while that Go-based implementation still works, syslog-ng 4.