------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PACKAGE : syslog-ng VERSION : 3.6.0alpha3 SUMMARY : new alpha release DATE : Aug 19, 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DESCRIPTION: The third alpha version of syslog-ng Open Source Edition (3.6.0alpha3) has been released. This being an alpha release, testing is most welcome, but production use is not recommended! CHANGES: 3.6.0alpha3 Released: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 14:33:00 +0200 This is the third alpha release of the upcoming syslog-ng OSE 3.6 branch. It is expected to be the last alpha release, with the first beta in about two weeks. This release contains a number of important features and bugfixes: Changed defaults ---------------- * The `flush-lines()` setting now defaults to *100*, rather than *1*, for increased speed. Features -------- * The `system()` source will now parse `@cim` marked messages as JSON, if the JSON module is available at run-time. This improves inter-operation with other software that uses the *Common Information Model*. ### Features from the [Incubator][incubator] * The `$(or)` template function that returns the first non-empty argument is now included in syslog-ng itself. * The `$(padding)` template function, to pad text with custom padding to a given length is also included. * The `$(graphite-output)` template function, to be used for sending metrics to [Graphite][graphite] was ported over from the Incubator. The `graphite()` destination SCL block is also available now, to make it even easier to talk to Graphite. * The `riemann()` destination, which allows sending metrics to the [Riemann][riemann] monitoring system was also ported over from the Incubator. [graphite]: http://graphite.wikidot.com/ [incubator]: https://github.com/balabit/syslog-ng-incubator [riemann]: http://riemann.io/ ### Threaded destinations A number of features were implemented for all threaded destinations: `amqp()`, `mongodb()`, `redis()`, `riemann()`, `smtp()` and `stomp()`. * The destinations gained support for `SEQNUM` persistence: the counter will be preserved across reloads and restarts. * A new option called `retries()` was implemented for all of these, which controls how many times a message delivery is retried before dropping it. * The `throttle()` option is now implemented, and works for all of the aforementioned destination drivers. * The message delivery loop was optimised to do less sleep/wakeup cycles, which should make the drivers not only faster, but more CPU friendly too. Bugfixes -------- * The basicfuncs module was fixed to work correctly on 32-bit architectures. * The `stored` statistics is no longer incremented by various drivers when they mean `processed`. * The type hinting feature is now more picky about what kind of type hints it accepts, allowing one to use template functions in - for example - `$(format-json)` pairs. Miscellaneous changes --------------------- * We now ship a "Contributors Guide" in the `CONTRIBUTING.md` file. Credits ------- syslog-ng is developed as a community project, and as such it relies on volunteers, to do the work necessary to produce syslog-ng. Reporting bugs, testing changes, writing code or simply providing feedback are all important contributions, so please if you are a user of syslog-ng, contribute. We would like to thank the following people for their contribution: Andras Mitzki, Balazs Scheidler, Fabien Wernli, Gergely Nagy, Laszlo Budai, Peter Czanik, Robert Fekete, Tibor Benke, Viktor Juhasz, Viktor Tusa. DOWNLOAD: You can download the source or binary packages from: http://www.balabit.com/downloads/files/syslog-ng/open-source-edition/3.6.0al... The documentation of the syslog-ng Open Source Edition is available in The syslog-ng Open Source Edition Administrator's Guide at http://www.balabit.com/support/documentation/