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    • Creating an HTTP source for syslog-ng in Python

      Creating an HTTP source for syslog-ng in Python

      Peter Czanik
      Peter Czanik
      HTTP is quickly becoming the universal transport protocol of the Internet. Nowadays even DNS over HTTPS implementations are available. There is no HTTP source implemented in C for syslog-ng, but starting with syslog-ng version 3.18, you can write new…
      • 22 Jan 2019
    • Insider 2019-01: central server; survey; SNMP; Slack; Conferences & Webinars

      Insider 2019-01: central server; survey; SNMP; Slack; Conferences & Webinars

      Peter Czanik
      Peter Czanik
      Dear syslog-ng users, This is the 72nd issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news. NEWS Creating a central syslog server Your home network might already contain some devices or systems like a home server, …
      • 17 Jan 2019
    • Send your log messages to Slack

      Send your log messages to Slack

      Peter Czanik
      Peter Czanik
      One of the many ways members of a team collaborate is to use Slack. From syslog-ng version 3.19, you can send log messages to Slack. You can receive critical log messages in real-time in your Slack client on your mobile or desktop. Learn how to set u…
      • 9 Jan 2019
    • Insider 2018-12: 3.19 release; optimizing Splunk; Python source; HTTP batch;

      Insider 2018-12: 3.19 release; optimizing Splunk; Python source; HTTP batch;

      Peter Czanik
      Peter Czanik
      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 bugf…
      • 18 Dec 2018
    • Optimize your Splunk infrastructure using new syslog-ng features

      Optimize your Splunk infrastructure using new syslog-ng features

      Peter Czanik
      Peter Czanik
      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, sys…
      • 5 Dec 2018
    • Using syslog-ng to forward SNMP traps to Splunk

      Using syslog-ng to forward SNMP traps to Splunk

      Peter Czanik
      Peter Czanik
      As we learned at the Splunk .conf18 this October, forwarding SNMP traps to Splunk can be a challenging task. Luckily, using syslog-ng can simplify it for us. All we need to make sure about is that snmptrapd logs traps to a file. The syslog-ng applica…
      • 28 Nov 2018
    • Analyze your Suricata logs in real-time using syslog-ng

      Analyze your Suricata logs in real-time using syslog-ng

      Peter Czanik
      Peter Czanik
      Last week I presented syslog-ng at SuriCon 2018 in Vancouver. In this blog post you can read a slightly modified version of that talk: a bit less emphasis on the introduction and a bit more on the explanation of the syslog-ng configuration part. The …
      • 22 Nov 2018
    • Python source in syslog-ng

      Python source in syslog-ng

      Peter Czanik
      Peter Czanik
      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,…
      • 8 Nov 2018
    • Insider 2018-10: 3.18 release; Splunk .conf18; Python destination; Python parser;

      Insider 2018-10: 3.18 release; Splunk .conf18; Python destination; Python parser;

      Peter Czanik
      Peter Czanik
      Dear syslog-ng users, This is the 70th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news. NEWS Version 3.18 of syslog-ng released Version 3.18 of syslog-ng has been released with plenty of new features and bugf…
      • 31 Oct 2018
    • Bulk mode message sending to Elasticsearch with syslog-ng http() destination

      Bulk mode message sending to Elasticsearch with syslog-ng http() destination

      Peter Czanik
      Peter Czanik
      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. A few years back I wrote that any time a new language bind…
      • 26 Oct 2018
    • Small is beautiful: what's new in syslog-ng 3.18?

      Small is beautiful: what's new in syslog-ng 3.18?

      Peter Czanik
      Peter Czanik
      Each syslog-ng release comes with one or more larger features that steal the show from very useful but smaller features. Now I collect these small features and explain how they can make your life easier. Learn what is coming up in syslog-ng version 3…
      • 16 Oct 2018
    • Parsing log messages with the syslog-ng Python parser

      Parsing log messages with the syslog-ng Python parser

      Peter Czanik
      Peter Czanik
      The Python parser of syslog-ng not only enables you to parse any type of log message, but you can also use it to enrich messages. From this blog you will learn how to extract information from a specially formatted log message, and how to create new n…
      • 9 Oct 2018
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