------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PACKAGE : syslog-ng VERSION : 2.1 SUMMARY : syslog-ng PE 2.1 end of support on December 31, 2009 DATE : April 22, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DESCRIPTION: The support for syslog-ng Premium Edition 2.1 ends on December 31, 2009. Updates, security fixes, and technical support of syslog-ng 2.1 will be discontinued at this date. This announcement applies to syslog-ng PE and the syslog-ng Agent for Windows alike. You are recommended to upgrade to syslog-ng 3.0 before the support for version 2.1 ends. UPGRADING: For details on upgrading to syslog-ng 3.0, see What is new in syslog-ng Premium Edition 3.0 (available at http://www.balabit.com/dl/guides/syslog-ng-v3.0-guide-whatsnew-en.pdf), especially the Upgrading and the Important changes sections. In order to upgrade to syslog-ng Premium Edition 3.0, login to your MyBalabit account at http://www.balabit.com/mybalabit/ and download the new license file and the binary packages. After that, follow the installation procedure described in Chapter 4, Installing syslog-ng in The syslog-ng 3.0 Administrator Guide (available at http://www.balabit.com/support/documentation/). The installer will automatically recognize earlier installations of syslog-ng, and offer to re-use the syslog-ng configuration file and the license. It will also display warnings about parameters and the format of the configuration file that have changed since version 2.1. For details on upgrading the syslog-ng Agent for Windows, see Section 5.1.1. Upgrading syslog-ng Agent for Windows 2.x to 3.0.x in The syslog-ng 3.0 Administrator Guide. NOTE: The syslog-ng 3.0 license is available only if you have valid software subscription. In case you do not see the new license under your MyBalaBit account, please contact your local distributor, or send an e-mail from the address used in your MyBalaBit registration to Ms. Edit Tusjak at edit.tusjak@balabit.com