[syslog-ng] Insider 2016-01: syslog-ng web GUIs; Scale; GSoC; Raspberry Pi 2; SSB 4 F3

[Czanik, Péter]

Dear syslog-ng users,

This is the 46th issue of the syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter
that brings you syslog-ng-related news.



NEWS



syslog-ng web GUIs

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The number and importance of logging solutions with a web interface is
growing, luckily many of these are syslog-ng based. Using the
Elasticsearch destination, Kibana provides an easy-to-use web
interface for log messages. Read more about feeding log messages to
Elasticsearch with syslog-ng with at
https://czanik.blogs.balabit.com/2015/12/web-interfaces-for-your-syslog-server-an-overview/



Southern California Linux Expo

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Next week, Peter Czanik will present “syslog-ng: from raw data to Big
Data” at the Southern California Linux Expo. There will be also a
booth (#426) where you can talk about syslog-ng, and we also plan a
syslog-ng BoF where you can share your experiences or ask your
questions about syslog-ng.

https://www.balabit.com/scale-trade-show-meeting



Google Summer of Code

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In the past four years syslog-ng participated in Google Summer of
Code, where talented students spent their summers coding syslog-ng
instead doing some less intellectually challenging summer jobs. Some
of their results include the Redis destination or configuration
management modules. Read more about our experiences and the upcoming
“syslog-ng Universe” at https://syslog-ng.org/gsoc-2015-summary/



syslog-ng on the Raspberry Pi 2

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The performance of syslog-ng on the original Raspberry Pi was not that
great. A quick test of the Raspberry Pi 2 revealed, that performance
increased drastically, now you can use this $35 machine as a central
log server:

https://czanik.blogs.balabit.com/2016/01/syslog-ng-on-the-raspberry-pi-2/



syslog-ng Store Box 4F3 released

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The latest version of syslog-ng Store Box (SSB), a turnkey appliance
built around syslog-ng has been released. You can now search across
multiple logspaces and across multiple SSB boxes from one search
interface, while maintaining user profile-based access control. Read
the full announcement at
https://jluby.blogs.balabit.com/2015/12/15/syslog-ng-store-box-4-f3-released/



Monitoring serial consoles

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The January issue of the Linux Journal contains an article from Fabien
Wernli about using syslog-ng to monitor serial consoles. This month it
is only available for subscribers:

http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/january-2016-issue-linux-journal



NEW RELEASES

SSB 4 F3: https://jluby.blogs.balabit.com/2015/12/15/syslog-ng-store-box-4-f3-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 / syslog-ng upstream
http://czanik.blogs.balabit.com/
https://twitter.com/PCzanik