[syslog-ng] insider 2013-11: syslog-ng 3.5 released; Logging to Hadoop; EoL;

[Peter Czanik]

Dear syslog-ng users,


This is the 29th issue of the syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter 
that brings you syslog-ng related news.


FEATURED NEWS


syslog-ng 3.5 is released

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Beginning last week syslog-ng 3.5 was finally declared stable, so 3.5.1 
was released. Source is available from 
http://www.balabit.com/network-security/syslog-ng/opensource-logging-system/downloads/download 
if you want to compile syslog-ng yourself. Packages and ports for 
different Linux distributions and FreeBSD are already available from our 
3^rd party page: 
http://www.balabit.com/network-security/syslog-ng/opensource-logging-system/downloads/3rd-party 


New features of 3.5 were detailed here many times, so here are just the 
headlines:

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    Redis and Stomp destinations

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    multiline messages

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    type hinting

For details, check the ChangeLog at 
http://www.balabit.com/downloads/files/syslog-ng/open-source-edition/3.5.1/changelog-en.txt 
or algernon's blog at 
http://asylum.madhouse-project.org/blog/2013/11/06/syslog-ng-3.5.1/


Logging to Hadoop

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Big data is gaining a momentum also in the logging world, so we made 
some experiments how syslog-ng can log to Hadoop. Even without a 
dedicated Hadoop destination driver one can already send logs to Hadoop 
and analyze them using Hadoop tools. For details, check 
https://tiborbenke.blogs.balabit.com/2013/11/the-syslog-ng-in-the-hadoop-era/


syslog-ng EoL policy

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The syslog-ng End of Life policy was updated recently, based on the 
experiences of syslog-ng stable maintainer, Gergely Nagy. Practically 
there are four different branches of syslog-ng maintained at any time, 
representing different level of maturity and support.

More details are available at 
http://asylum.madhouse-project.org/blog/2013/10/22/syslog-ng-eol-dates/

And following the URLs below you can read about how this affects 
different Linux distributions and FreeBSD:

Debian / Ubuntu: 
https://lists.balabit.hu/pipermail/syslog-ng/2013-November/020884.html

openSUSE / SLES: https://lists.balabit.hu/pipermail/syslog-ng/2013- 
<https://lists.balabit.hu/pipermail/syslog-ng/2013-November/020880.html>November/020880.html 
<https://lists.balabit.hu/pipermail/syslog-ng/2013-November/020880.html>

FreeBSD ports: 
https://lists.balabit.hu/pipermail/syslog-ng/2013-November/020878.html



SHORT NEWS:

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    Testing syslog-ng PE was never so easy: syslog-ng PE Quick Start
    Guide:
    http://czanik.blogs.balabit.com/2013/10/syslog-ng-pe-quick-start-guide/

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    syslog-ng git reorganized:
    https://lists.balabit.hu/pipermail/syslog-ng/2013-November/020875.html

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    Logging to Loggly using syslog-ng:
    https://czanik.blogs.balabit.com/2013/11/loggly-and-syslog-ng/


NEW RELEASES

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    syslog-ng 3.5.1:
    https://lists.balabit.hu/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2013-November/000174.html

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    syslog-ng 3.4.5:
    https://lists.balabit.hu/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2013-November/000173.html

Your feedback and news tips about the next issue is welcome at 
documentation at balabit.com <mailto:documentation at balabit.com> To read 
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-- 
Peter Czanik (CzP) <czanik at balabit.hu>
BalaBit IT Security / syslog-ng upstream
http://czanik.blogs.balabit.com/