[syslog-ng] The syslog-ng Insider 2024-11: testing; Quickwit; MacPorts

[Peter Czanik (pczanik)]

Dear syslog-ng users,

This is the 125th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng-related news.

NEWS

A call for syslog-ng testing
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After the last syslog-ng release, we started a campaign to close open issues on GitHub. We'd like to continue this effort and call for collaboration from our users and contributors to make OSE even more stable. While unit tests are great (and we do many tests in-house), nothing can replace using syslog-ng in real-world situations. This blog collects some resources about how you can start testing the latest syslog-ng release from GitHub.
https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/a-call-for-syslog-ng-testing  


Working with Quickwit
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We are always looking for new ways to store log messages. Quickwit is a new contender, designed for log storage, and among others, it also provides an Elasticsearch-compatible API. From this blog, you can learn about Quickwit, and how to forward log messages from syslog-ng to it using the Elasticsearch-compatible API.
https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/first-steps-with-quickwit-and-syslog-ng 
You can also use the OpenTelemetry protocol to send logs to Quickwit with syslog-ng.
https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/sending-logs-to-quickwit-using-the-opentelemetry-destination-of-syslog-ng 


Huge improvements for syslog-ng in MacPorts
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Recently I wrote about a campaign that we started to resolve issues on GitHub. Some of the fixes are coming from our enthusiastic community. Thanks to this, there is a new syslog-ng-devel port in MacPorts, where you can enable almost all syslog-ng features even for older MacOS versions and PowerPC hardware. Some of the freshly enabled modules include support for Kafka, GeoIP or OpenTelemetry. From this blog entry, you can learn how to install a legacy or an up-to-date syslog-ng version from MacPorts.
https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/huge-improvements-for-syslog-ng-in-macports 

WEBINARS

* New webcast: “Log management superpowers: a PAM Essentials case study”. You can watch it at https://www.syslog-ng.com/webcast-ondemand/log-management-superpowers-a-pam-essentials-case-study/ 
* You can learn about upcoming webinars and browse recordings of past webinars at https://www.syslog-ng.com/events/

Your feedback and news, or tips about the next issue are welcome. To read this newsletter online, visit: https://syslog-ng.com/blog/

Peter Czanik (CzP) <peter.czanik at oneidentity.com>
Balabit (a OneIdentity company) / syslog-ng upstream
https://syslog-ng.com/community/
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