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First steps with Quickwit and syslog-ng
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
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We are switching syslog-ng containers from Debian Testing to Stable
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
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he syslog-ng Insider 2024-08: 4.8.0 release; Prometheus; Amazon Linux
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
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Version 4.8.0 of syslog-ng improves FreeBSD and MacOS support
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
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Why it is useful to set the version number in the syslog-ng configuration
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.
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You can also contribute to the syslog-ng OSE documentation
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)
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The $TRANSPORT macro of syslog-ng
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
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syslog-ng Prometheus exporter
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.
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Experimental syslog-ng packages for Amazon Linux 2023
Last year, I received many requests about syslog-ng for Amazon Linux 2023, but I could not find an easy way to create syslog-ng packages. Recently, however, I found that Fedora Copr supports building packages for Amazon Linux 2023. So, with a little bit of experimentation, I got a cut down version of syslog-ng compiled.
Read more at https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/experimental-syslog-ng-packages-for-amazon-linux-2023
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The syslog-ng Insider 2024-05: documentation; grouping-by(); PAM Essentials; health
The May syslog-ng newsletter is now on-line:
The official syslog-ng OSE documentation got a new look The syslog-ng Administration Guide received a new look and easier navigation. Not only that, but it is also up-to-date now. Besides, there are now contributor guides available both for the documentation and for syslog-ng developers.
The admin guide is available at: https://syslog-ng.github.io/admin-guide/README
You can reach all syslog-ng OSE-related documentation at: https://syslog-ng.github.io/
If you find any issues, pull requests and problem reports are welcome.