[syslog-ng] syslog-ng Open Source Edition official binary repository

Tue May 22 08:54:56 UTC 2018

Hi,

what if you set up an apt mirror?
In that case your infrastructure wouldn't depend on a 3rd party
infrastructure AND you could use this API key only on the mirror.

regards,
Laszlo Budai

On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 11:26 PM, Clayton Dukes <cdukes at logzilla.net> wrote:

> Our kickstart script simply adds the repo to /etc/apt/sources.list.d, e.g:
>
> deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/laszlo_
> budai:/syslog-ng/xUbuntu_${DISTRIB_RELEASE}
>
> I don't see how we could do this using an API key and have it on customer
> systems.
>
>
>
> Currently (at least until the next release), customers install LZ simply
> by calling our kickstart and piping it through bash, like so:
>
> wget -qO- https://logzilla.sh | sudo bash
>
>
>
> If you download the script directly (without the pipe), you can see it's
> just a simple script that adds whatever repos needed.
>
> We do this to simplify the install process for end users. But doing some
> strange API key thing only over-complicates the process.
>
>
>
> I get that as a company, you'd like to collect cool metrics, but making it
> difficult may have the opposite affect you guys are looking for. You're
> already in competition with rsyslog since it is included in the OS. So if
> you require folks to jump through hoops, they may just decide to use
> rsyslog instead.
>
> I'm not saying we will – I'm not a fan of rsyslog for the exact reason
> above, it's over-complicated. Just saying that you may lose potential new
> users by complicating things.
>
> Something to consider :)
>
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> *From: *syslog-ng <syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu> on behalf of
> Gergely Bodnár <gergely.bodnar at balabit.com>
> *Reply-To: *Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list <
> syslog-ng at lists.balabit.hu>
> *Date: *Friday, May 18, 2018 at 3:57 AM
> *To: *Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list <
> syslog-ng at lists.balabit.hu>
> *Subject: *Re: [syslog-ng] syslog-ng Open Source Edition official binary
> repository
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> Thanks for your remark, we highly appreciate it.
>
>
>
> Basically we prefer if everyone would register individually. However we
> cannot and do not want to prohibit to use a single api token in install
> scripts so basically you can include it in your script too.
>
> Only one thing I would kindly ask, please try to avoid that your api token
> to be indexed by search engines. From our perspective we would not be happy
> if everyone would use the same login all over the world.
>
>
>
> Also every other feedback is welcome about the repository, how it should
> be improved in the future including which platforms do you prefer next to
> be available.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gergely Bodnar
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 3:44 PM Clayton Dukes <cdukes at logzilla.net> wrote:
>
> This is GREAT news!
>
> One question, does **everyone** using the repo have to register?
>
> If so, it’s going to be a big problem for people downloading other
> products (like LogZilla). Our kickstart/install script installs syslog-ng
> instead of using rsyslog which is, of course, packaged with Ubuntu.
>
> (I imagine the same question will come up with other vendors’ software
> products like Cisco, IBM, etc.)
>
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> *From: *syslog-ng <syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu> on behalf of
> Gergely Bodnár <gergely.bodnar at balabit.com>
> *Reply-To: *Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list <
> syslog-ng at lists.balabit.hu>
> *Date: *Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at 8:41 AM
> *To: *Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list <
> syslog-ng at lists.balabit.hu>
> *Subject: *[syslog-ng] syslog-ng Open Source Edition official binary
> repository
>
>
>
> Dear syslog-ng users,
>
>
>
> Last autumn, we asked for your feedback (https://syslog-ng.com/blog/
> new-website-and-official-repo-coming-up-tell-us-what-you-think/) on our
> plan to introduce official binary repositories for syslog-ng Open Source
> Edition. The overwhelming majority of those who got back to us agreed that
> it is fair to provide this service tied to a simple registration. We are
> happy to announce that although a bit late compared to our originally
> planned schedule, we are launching this service, first as a test run with
> Debian Jessie packages. We will always host the latest release, and these
> packages will be built and tested by us, so you won't have to worry about
> dependencies - provided you are running a suitable Linux distribution. We
> are planning to add an RPM repository as well in the future, knowing well
> that many of our open source users require that.
>
>
>
> How to use repository?
>
> -------------------------------
>
> To use the newly introduced syslog-ng Open Source Edition Debian Jessie
> repository, you only have to complete a few quick and easy steps.
>
>
>
> 1. Create a MyBalabit account (https://my.balabit.com/signup). Just click
> on MyBalabit in the top right corner of the page, and then choose Sign Up
> (under OS X, the sign up option will be hiding under the hamburger menu).
> At the top of the form, there will be a drop down menu where you have to
> specify why are you requesting access to this portal. Choose syslog-ng OSE
> Binary Repository Access, then fill out the rest of the form, read and
> agree to our privacy policy, then hit create you account.If you already
> happen to have a MyBalabit account, simply log in and look for Request
> Access in the top menu. Once in there, select syslog-ng OSE Binary
> Repository Access and click on request access.
>
>
>
> 2. Once you finished with the initial steps, look for the Access tokens
> option at the bottom of the left menu bar. In there, you will find your
> token to be used with the syslog-ng OSE DEB repository. If for some reason
> you need a new token, use the regenerate button.
>
>
>
> 3. Now you should be all set to configure your compatible Linux
> distribution to access the repository.
>
> # echo "deb http://JXJiI9Znyt:@apt.syslog-ng.com/syslog-ng-ose jessie
> main" >/etc/apt/sources.list.d/oserepo.list
>
> # apt-get update
>
> # apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y curl
>
> # curl http://JXJiI9Znyt@apt.syslog-ng.com/syslog-ng-ose/pubkey.gpg |
> apt-key add -
>
> # apt-get update
>
> # apt-cache policy syslog-ng
>
> # apt-get install syslog-ng
>
> And that's it, you should be all set!
>
>
>
> Please, don't forget that this is still very much a trial for us to gauge
> the interest in such a service. Bugs might surface, the repository might be
> inaccessible due to technical glitches, etc. We encourage you to share your
> feedback with us. It would be much appreciated!
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Gergely Bodnar
>
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