Dear syslog-ng users, This is the 50th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news. NEWS Meet syslog-ng at Red Hat Summit -------------------------------- This year Balabit is sponsoring the Red Hat Summit again. The event will be held in Moscone Center North in San Francisco, June 27-29. Visit Balabit’s booth (booth #918) and meet Balázs Scheidler, the author of syslog-ng. You can request an appointment at http://pages2.balabit.com/red-hat-summit-appointment-request/ If you want to meet him outside of the conference floor, there will also be a meetup in Café Prague on the 30th of June: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/techie-happy-hour-optimize-your-log-data-in-the... Preview syslog-ng 3.8 RPM packages and send us your feedback ------------------------------------------------------------ While syslog-ng 3.8 does not yet have an alpha release, it already has many interesting features. As it is still under heavy development, we can't recommend it for production use. On the other hand, any feedback is very welcome. New features include disk buffer, Elasticsearch 2 support, grouping-by, Rust-based parsers, and so on: https://czanik.blogs.balabit.com/2016/05/state-of-syslog-ng-3-8-rpm-packagin... syslog-ng in the BMW i3 ----------------------- While most people know syslog-ng as a central syslog server, there is another use, which is less known but most likely has a lot larger installed base. It is syslog-ng embedded. Read how BMW is utilizing syslog-ng at https://czanik.blogs.balabit.com/2016/06/embedded-syslog-ng-bmw-i3-all-elect... and let us know how you use syslog-ng! MongoDB changes in 3.8 ---------------------- Under the hood, the driver to access MongoDB databases was replaced in syslog-ng 3.8. Read about the advantages of the new driver and how it affects configuration at: https://syslog-ng.org/mongodb-destination-receives-face-lift/ FLARE: Filtered Log Alert and Reporting Engine ---------------------------------------------- FLARE staplies together syslog-ng, ELK, Alerting and Incident Response with metadata. The aim was to develop a solution that is able to provide a unified view of log events and incidents, helping the work of operations admins with actionable insight. It is an internal software developed at the University of Victoria by long-time members of the syslog-ng community. You can read the complete presentation about this syslog-ng & PatternDB-based solution at https://www.bc.net/flare-stapling-together-syslog-ng-elk-alerting-and-incide... Writing syslog-ng Java destination drivers ------------------------------------------ If a destination is not supported by syslog-ng out of the box, you can develop a new driver in C or one of the language bindings. Here are the first steps for creating a Java-based destination driver: https://vithulanmv.wordpress.com/2016/06/07/the-syslog-ng-java-destinations/ Your feedback and news, or tips about the next issue are welcome at documentation@balabit.com . To read this newsletter online, visit: http://insider.blogs.balabit.com/ Peter Czanik (CzP) <peter.czanik@balabit.com> Balabit / syslog-ng upstream http://czanik.blogs.balabit.com/ https://twitter.com/PCzanik