[syslog-ng] insider 2013-05: syslog-ng configurator on Android; Using syslog-ng with Splunk; EU data protection and logging

[Peter Czanik]

Dear syslog-ng users,


This is the 24th issue of the syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter 
that brings you syslog-ng related news.


FEATURED NEWS


syslog-ng configurator app for Android

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There is now a new configurator app available for Android, developed as 
a hobby project by one of the syslog-ng team members. The focus of the 
application is to create a syslog-ng.conf wich provides optimum 
performance based on a number of questions.

For more details and download locations read the authors blog at 
http://pzolee.blogs.balabit.com/2013/04/little-syslog-ng-configurator-application-for-android/


syslog-ng and Splunk

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We often receive questions, how to use syslog-ng and Splunk together in 
a logging infrastructure. We collected the most popular usage scenarios 
into a white paper, together with example configurations to make testing 
and integration even more easy.

The WP is available at 
http://www.balabit.com/support/documentation/pdf/syslog-ng_splunk_deployment_guide_en.pdf


syslog-ng is participating GSoC again

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Just as last year, syslog-ng is participating Google Summer of Code 
under the umbrella of the openSUSE project. We have candidates for 
developing a native mysql destination, a redis destination, a XMPP 
(jabber) destination and log signing, which is a big improvement from 
last year, where we only had a single candidate for a similar number of 
development projects. The application process is closed now and there 
are still a couple of weeks to go, before the final list of approved 
students is announced.

http://news.opensuse.org/2013/04/25/opensuse-hedgewars-and-owncloud-are-moving-gsoc-along-participate-and-submit-your-proposals-fast/


Big changes ahead for EU data protection regulation

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This summer will most likely bring big changes in the regulation of Data 
Protection in the European Union. We collected these proposed changes 
and also how syslog-ng and proper central log management can help to 
comply with these regulations:

http://jluby.blogs.balabit.com/2013/04/22/big-changes-ahead-for-eu- 
<http://jluby.blogs.balabit.com/2013/04/22/big-changes-ahead-for-eu-data-protection-regulation/>data-protection-regulation/ 
<http://jluby.blogs.balabit.com/2013/04/22/big-changes-ahead-for-eu-data-protection-regulation/>


Compiling syslog-ng with MS SQL support on RHEL / CentOS & Co.

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During the past few months many people asked, how to log from syslog-ng 
to MS SQL on RHEL or CentOS. If you cannot buy syslog-ng PE 
(http://www.balabit.com/network-security/syslog-ng/central-syslog-server), 
follow these steps to compile all the necessary components yourselfand 
configure the MS SQL part:

https://czanik.blogs.balabit.com/2013/04/compiling-syslog-ng-with-ms-sql-support-for-rhel-centos-co/


SHORT NEWS:

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    RFC5424 syslog between syslog-ng and rsyslog:
    https://czanik.blogs.balabit.com/2013/04/using-the-rfc5424-syslog-protocol-with-plain-tcp-between-rsyslog-and-syslog-ng/

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    Linuxwochen: syslog-ng, AMQP, and 3D printers:
    http://czanik.blogs.balabit.com/2013/05/czp-linuxwochen-syslog-ng-amqp-and-3d-printers/



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-- 
Peter Czanik (CzP) <czanik at balabit.hu>
BalaBit IT Security / syslog-ng upstream
http://czanik.blogs.balabit.com/