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.
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.
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.
WEBINARS