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 bugfixes. Performance of the HTTP destination improved thanks to load-balancing to multiple servers. You can use this to send the messages to a set of ingestion nodes or indexers of your SIEM solution if a single node cannot handle the load. The new Slack destination allows you to send alerts to a Slack channel.
Read the complete list of changes at https://github.com/balabit/syslog-ng/releases/tag/syslog-ng-3.19.1.
Optimize your Splunk infrastructure using new syslog-ng features
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, syslog-ng keeps evolving constantly. A strong focus in recent years has been on message parsing and destination drivers.
After my talk at Suricon, Splunk users explained how they will change their syslog-ng configurations to optimize their Splunk infrastructure.
Python source in syslog-ng
Using syslog-ng 3.18 and newer releases, you can write new source drivers for syslog-ng in Python. While performance is not as good as C, you gain flexibility and ease of implementation. There are quite a few log sources without a ready to use C API, but with a Python API. Using the Python source of syslog-ng you can leverage these.
https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/python-source-in-syslog-ng
Bulk mode message sending to Elasticsearch with syslog-ng http() destination
Learn how to send log messages in bulk mode to your Elasticsearch server with syslog-ng. Bulk mode offers better performance, because it sends multiple log messages in a single POST request.
WEBINARS
You can watch our past webinars:
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Log ingestion to Splunk HEC: https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/16207/338190
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High performance log streaming to HDFS with syslog-ng: https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/16207/335943
Your feedback and news, or tips about the next issue are welcome.