One of the main advantages of syslog-ng is that it is high performance and low on resource usage. Why throttle the messages then? There are three main reasons – licensing, performance, and bandwidth – all outside of syslog-ng. From this b...
The hook-commands() option of syslog-ng makes it easy to execute external commands when a driver is started or stopped. For example, you can open a port in the firewall when a network source is started and close it once syslog-ng is shut down. Or you…
Getting started with the Telegram destination of syslog-ng is not an easy and straightforward process, but it is well worth the efforts. If you do not know Telegram yet, Telegram is a cloud-based messaging application known for its security...
Last week SANS published a brand new white paper about the Internet of Things: “Stopping IoT-based Attacks on Enterprise Networks”. IoT devices have been around in the networks of enterprises for many years, just think about network-conne…
The syslog-ng application was used for many years as a log collection layer in front of Splunk. But why use a full-blown log management appliance with a graphical user interface instead of a simple command line application? I learned the answers at&…
During the past six weeks I visited five different conferences in four different countries either as a speaker or as booth staff. While traveling so much in such a short span of time was quite exhausting, I would do it again without hesitation. Altog…
When starting a new project, Big Data vendors usually recommend a “save all” and “save raw” approach, as you never know what data might come handy later and in what format. Companies starting those projects also often have the...
Origin story
We just realized that syslog-ng has a nice milestone as it reached the 3.14 version. I wanted to create something to celebrate it. There were a few ideas – still not forgotten, but in the end I though I do not want to extend syslog...
Dear syslog-ng users,
This is the 66th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news.
NEWS
syslog-ng is available for RHEL 6 / CentOS 6 again
After more than a year, the latest version of syslog-ng compiles a…
It is the fourth year that syslog-ng has participated at Southern California Linux Expo or, as better known to many, SCALE ‒ the largest Linux event in the USA. In many ways, it is similar to FOSDEM in Europe, however, SCALE also focuses on users and…
With the release of syslog-ng Premium Edition 7.0.6, you can collect Windows event logs without installing any third party application on your Windows-based computer.
The benefits are obvious:
You don’t need to install any additional applicati...
