[syslog-ng] syslog-ng version

[Laszlo Varady (lvarady)]

Hi,

The necessary upgrade steps depend on which version of syslog-ng and repository you previously used.

The latest version can be installed using our APT repository.

You can find the installation steps below:
https://github.com/syslog-ng/syslog-ng/#debianubuntu

In most cases, `apt-get upgrade` does the trick.

In case you previously had a really old syslog-ng version, it is worth using a test environment for the upgrade.
Once the upgrade is done, you can start syslog-ng in the foreground to check incompatible changes based on your syslog-ng configuration version:
$ syslog-ng -Fe

> WARNING: Configuration file format is too old, syslog-ng is running in compatibility mode. Please update it to use the syslog-ng 3.38 format at your time of convenience.
> To upgrade the configuration, please review the warnings about incompatible changes printed by syslog-ng, and once completed change the @version header at the top of the configuration file;

Every additional warning message listed after the above needs to be addressed.
Those messages explain what needs to be done to remain functionally compatible.
They can be confusing sometimes, but you can share those with us and we will help resolve them.

Once you are done, you can just replace @version: 3.XY at the top of the config file with @version: 3.38, and the above warning will disappear too.

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László Várady
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Please provide steps to update to the latest version running on  Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS



Thanks!



Mario Benoun
Field Application Engineer CCNA,  CWNA, CWSP, MCTS
Moxa Americas, Inc.
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