When talking to users about the TLS-encrypted message transfer, almost everyone immediately complains about configuring a certificate authority (CA) in syslog-ng. You needed to create a hash and create a symbolic link to the CA file based on the hash…

Dear syslog-ng users, This is the 82nd issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news. NEWS Syslog-ng on the edge After many years of pushing all computing from on-site to the cloud or huge data centers, t…

No, SELinux is not the cause of all permission troubles on Linux. For example, syslog-ng makes use of the capabilities system on Linux to drop as many privileges as possible, as early as possible. But it might cause problems in some corner cases, as …

Event logging is a central source of information both for IT security and operations, but different teams use different tools to collect and analyze log messages. The same log message is often collected by multiple applications. Having each team usin…

Version 3.27 of syslog-ng has brought many smaller, but useful features to us. The new Sumo Logic destination was already covered in an earlier blog. You can now also check exactly where a message arrived on a network source (IP address, port and pro…

Dear syslog-ng users, This is the 81st issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news. NEWS 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…