Dear syslog-ng users, This is the 142nd issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news. NEWS Syslog-ng Java destination disabled For many years, syslog-ng used Java, where C libraries were unavailable. However, over the years native C libraries became available for Elasticsearch and Kafka, and HDFS practically disappeared. As a “scream test”, I am going to disable Java support in all of my syslog-ng packages. https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/syslog-ng-java-destination-... Syslog-ng 4.12.0 available for Ubuntu 26.04 (Resolute) Recently I was asked if syslog-ng supports Ubuntu 26.04 (Ubuntu Resolute). Yes, and with the arrival of the syslog-ng 4.12.0 release we also provide ready-to-use packages for it. The release notes mention it, and info is in the Readme on GitHub. https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/syslog-ng-4-12-0-available-... Syslog-ng journald source: how to avoid log bombs on errors? Up until version 4.12, when syslog-ng ran into an error jumping to a saved systemd journal position, it read the journal from the beginning. With the latest syslog-ng version, you can configure what happens in case of such an error. https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/syslog-ng-journald-source-h... WEBINARS * You can learn about upcoming webinars and browse recordings of past webinars at https://www.syslog-ng.com/events/ Your feedback and news, or tips about the next issue are welcome. To read this newsletter online, visit: https://syslog-ng.com/blog/ Peter Czanik (CzP) <peter.czanik@oneidentity.com> One Identity (Balabit) / syslog-ng upstream https://syslog-ng.com/community/ https://twitter.com/PCzanik