Dear syslog-ng users, This is the 52nd issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news. NEWS Enriching log messages ---------------------- Log messages already contain a wealth of information about what is happening in your systems. Still, logs can be enriched with additional information – like the geolocation belonging to an IP address – which can improve the usability of logs considerably. Read how you can enrich log messages in real-time using syslog-ng at https://www.balabit.com/blog/enriching-log-messages-with-additional-informat... What is new in syslog-ng PE and SSB ----------------------------------- Join us at our next webinar on November 15, where you can learn about new syslog-ng PE and SSB features like content-based alerting, multiple log spaces, key=value parser and Big Data destinations. You can register at http://go.balabit.com/q9VU0A0F5l0E7Q03Z0zY00T Logging to Elasticsearch simplified ----------------------------------- Elasticsearch is gaining the momentum as the ultimate destination for log messages. A great part of it is Kibana, but also that it is a scalable storage of arbitrary name-value pairs. Read, how the use of syslog-ng can greatly simplify how logs reach Elasticsearch: https://www.balabit.com/blog/logging-to-elasticsearch-made-simple-with-syslo... Coming up: LISA --------------- You can learn about syslog-ng at the Balabit booth #145 at LISA (Large Installation System Administration) conference in Boston. Expo days are on December 7 and 8: https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa16/expo syslog-ng with Java support on FreeBSD -------------------------------------- Java destinations on FreeBSD are not supported by the syslog-ng team and for technical reasons (it downloads JAR files from the Internet) it is also marked broken in FreeBSD ports. Luckily it does not prevent it from working: some people even use it it production. Learn, how to get started at https://www.balabit.com/blog/test-the-latest-freebsd-with-syslog-ng-3-8-1/ All Things Open --------------- Last week I visited All Things Open, one of the largest open source conferences of the US East Coast. I was presenting syslog-ng in the Operations track of the conference, but luckily I had a chance to stay for the full two days of the event. Read my experiences at: TBD Your feedback and news, or tips about the next issue are welcome at documentation@balabit.com. To read this newsletter online, visit: https://syslog-ng.org/ Peter Czanik (CzP) <peter.czanik@balabit.com> Balabit / syslog-ng upstream https://www.balabit.com/blog/author/peterczanik/ https://twitter.com/PCzanik