[syslog-ng] insider 2015-03: GsoC; Hadoop; 3.7 documentation; kafka; grok;

[Czanik, Péter]

Dear syslog-ng users,


This is the 40th issue of the syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter
that brings you syslog-ng-related news.


NEWS


syslog-ng in Google Summer of Code 2015

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This year we participate in GSoC again, with a focus on making the
life of our users and contributors easier. Our main projects for this
year include:

* Python and Java language bindings to make code contribution easier

* Develop a Qt-based graphical configuration editor to help new users
to get started

* A data-flow visualization tool to help in debugging


If you are a student and willing to spend the summer coding syslog-ng,
or know someone who could participate, check our detailed project and
idea list at https://github.com/balabit/


You can reach mentors by direct e-mail, by IRC on channel #syslog-ng
on FreeNode, or on our mailing list at https://lists.balabit.hu/


syslog-ng Hadoop support

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With the release of syslog-ng PE 5F3 support for Hadoop arrived. It
will also be part of the upcoming syslog-ng OSE 3.7 release. This
enables syslog-ng to write log messages to HDFS.
https://jluby.blogs.balabit.com/2015/03/10/syslog-ng-and-big-data-streaming-into-your-data-lake/

syslog-ng 3.7 beta is coming

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The first beta of syslog-ng OSE 3.7 is expected to arrive in the
coming weeks. It has many smaller and larger changes, like the Java
destination is migrated from incubator to syslog-ng core.

Documentation for most of the new features is already available making
it easier to get started:
http://www.balabit.com/sites/default/files/documents/syslog-ng-ose-3.7-guides/en/syslog-ng-ose-guide-admin/html/index.html

Changes: http://www.balabit.com/sites/default/files/documents/syslog-ng-ose-3.7-guides/en/syslog-ng-ose-guide-admin/html/ose-changes.html

Conferences in February

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February was a very busy month in terms of conferences. It started
with FOSDEM in Brussels. Next weekend an introductory presentation
about syslog-ng in Brno, at the Fedora / Red Hat developers
conference. Finally talking to hundreds of current and would be
syslog-ng users at the South Californian Linux Expo at the syslog-ng
booth and giving a presentation about message parsing and language
bindings.

FOSDEM: https://czanik.blogs.balabit.com/2015/02/fosdem-2015-first-syslog-ng-superhero-t-shirt-awarded/

DevConf: https://czanik.blogs.balabit.com/2015/02/czp-devconf-2015/

Scale: https://czanik.blogs.balabit.com/2015/02/czp-scale-2015-lemmings-makers-and-lots-of-syslog-ng-users/


All incubator features packaged

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For RPM based distributions, all incubator features are now available
as a package. This includes now ZeroMQ, kafka and grok.

OpenSUSE, SLES12:
https://build.opensuse.org/project/show/home:czanik:syslog-ng36

Fedora, RHEL7: https://copr.fedoraproject.org/coprs/czanik/syslog-ng36/

RHEL6: https://copr.fedoraproject.org/coprs/czanik/syslog-ng36epel6/

NEW RELEASES

syslog-ng PE 5F3:
https://jluby.blogs.balabit.com/2015/03/19/the-syslog-ng-premium-edition-5f3-released/

syslog-ng store box 4F1:
https://jluby.blogs.balabit.com/2015/03/05/syslog-ng-store-box-4f1-released/


Your feedback and news tips about the next issue is welcome at
documentation at balabit.com To read this newsletter on-line, visit:
http://insider.blogs.balabit.com/



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