[syslog-ng] insider 2013-10: syslog-ng 3.5 beta releases; syslog-ng PE with Windows support; GSoC summaries;

[Peter Czanik]

Dear syslog-ng users,


This is the 28th issue of the syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter 
that brings you syslog-ng related news.


FEATURED NEWS


syslog-ng 3.5 beta2 and beta3 are released

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The second and third beta of syslog-ng 3.5 were released during the past 
few weeks. These brought mostly bugfixes, but also some new features. 
Beta2 brought us a new redis destination and extended type hinting. 
Beta3 finally compiles again on FreeBSD.

As usual, testing is greatly appreciated as it helps to iron out 
problems before the final release!

Sources are available from git ( 
https://github.com/balabit/syslog-ng-3.5 ) or as tgz from 
http://www.balabit.com/network-security/syslog-ng/opensource-logging-system/downloads/download

For third-party binary packages for various Linux and UNIX platforms, visithttp://www.balabit.com/network-security/syslog-ng/opensource-logging-system/downloads/3rd-party  .SLES / openSUSE packages are already available andDebian/Ubuntu packages are expected to be available in the coming days.


syslog-ng PE with full Windows support

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The Premium Edition of syslog-ng now offers full Windows support with 
its latest release, version 5LTS. Until now, only the syslog-ng Agent 
for Windows could be installed on Windows platforms. With the latest 
version, syslog-ng Premium Edition can be installed on client but also 
as server, so even a homogenous Windows environment can benefit from 
using syslog-ng. Installing a separate Linux machine as relay is no 
longer necessary in remote offices, as a Windows machine can do the job.

Compression support in RLTP was also introduced, which can save valuable 
bandwidth.

Read the product managers blog about the new release: 
https://gyp.blogs.balabit.com/2013/10/introducing-syslog-ng-premium-edition-5-lts/



syslog-ng GSoC: code merged

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The syslog-ng GSoC finished a few weeks ago, but it does not mean, that 
the work is over. The code had to be updated to work with the latest 
syslog-ng 3.5 sources. The new redis destination is already merged and 
available as part of the syslog-ng 3.5 beta2 sources. The new mysql 
destination is heading now tothe “incubator” project and waits there for 
some additional polish, before it is merged syslog-ng master.

A summary blog post of their work is availableat 
http://petrovicsgyula.blogspot.com/ and http://tichygsoc.blogspot.hu/ A 
blog post about the syslog-ng GSoC from the mentors (and algernon's) 
point of view can also be read: 
https://algernon.blogs.balabit.com/2013/10/onto-the-margin-of-a-summer-of-code/


syslog-ng 3.5 documentation is now feature complete

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The syslog-ng 3.5 documentation is now feature complete and available on 
our website:

It is available in many forms:

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    PDF:
    http://www.balabit.com/support/documentation/syslog-ng-ose-3.5-guides/en/syslog-ng-ose-v3.5-guide-admin/pdf/syslog-ng-ose-v3.5-guide-admin.pdf

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    HTML:
    http://www.balabit.com/sites/default/files/documents/syslog-ng-ose-3.5-guides/en/syslog-ng-ose-v3.5-guide-admin/html/index.html

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    Single page HTML:
    http://www.balabit.com/sites/default/files/documents/syslog-ng-ose-3.5-guides/en/syslog-ng-ose-v3.5-guide-admin/html-single/index.html


SHORT NEWS:

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    how to use the new in-list() feature:
    https://czanik.blogs.balabit.com/2013/09/black-cat-white-cat/

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    syslog-ng and Riemann are going to be presented at vDay in Budapest:
    http://vday.hu/program.php

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    Recent Events Underline the Need for Log Management in Application
    Security:
    https://jluby.blogs.balabit.com/2013/10/04/recent-events-underline-the-need-for-log-management-in-application-security/


NEW RELEASES

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    syslog-ng 3.5beta2:
    https://lists.balabit.hu/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2013-October/000168.html

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    syslog-ng 3.5beta3:
    https://lists.balabit.hu/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2013-October/000168.html

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    syslog-ng PE 5LTS:
    https://lists.balabit.hu/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2013-October/000170.html

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    syslog-ng Agent 5.0.2:
    https://lists.balabit.hu/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2013-October/000169.html

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    syslog-ng 3.4.4:
    https://lists.balabit.hu/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2013-October/000171.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/