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Peter Czanik<p>Good news for <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> users: <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/syslog_ng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syslog_ng</span></a> now compiles again on FreeBSD 15, so the sysutils/syslog-ng port is now updated to version 4.10.1<br>As usual, you can also check the details on <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@freshports" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>freshports</span></a></span>: <a href="https://www.freshports.org/sysutils/syslog-ng/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">freshports.org/sysutils/syslog</span><span class="invisible">-ng/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LogManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LogManagement</span></a></p>
Peter Czanik<p>Version 4.10.1 of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/syslog_ng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syslog_ng</span></a> is a bugfix release, not needed by most users. It fixes the syslog-ng <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/container" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>container</span></a> and platform support in some less common situations, like <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> 15 or non-glibc <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> systems (<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OpenWRT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenWRT</span></a>, some <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Gentoo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gentoo</span></a>).</p><p><a href="https://peter.czanik.hu/other/syslog-ng-4-10-1-released/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">peter.czanik.hu/other/syslog-n</span><span class="invisible">g-4-10-1-released/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LogManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LogManagement</span></a></p>
Peter Czanik<p>Version 4.10 of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/syslog_ng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syslog_ng</span></a> introduced file size-based log rotation. Thanks to this, storage space is no longer filled with logs with the risk that you might not see older logs if the message rate is higher than expected.</p><p><a href="https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/file-size-based-log-rotation-in-syslog-ng" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog</span><span class="invisible">/posts/file-size-based-log-rotation-in-syslog-ng</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LogManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LogManagement</span></a></p>
Peter Czanik<p>Version 16.0 of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/openSUSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openSUSE</span></a> Leap will be released tomorrow. So, I was very happy to find an <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@opensuse" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>opensuse</span></a></span> conference t-shirt on the top of the heap this morning :-) It will include <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/syslog_ng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syslog_ng</span></a> 4.9 with all important fixes backported.</p>
Peter Czanik<p>T-shirt of the day: <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Blogger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blogger</span></a> :-) I got this <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/tshirt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tshirt</span></a> about 15 years ago, when my first post appeared on the company <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a>. Ever since I contribute about <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a>, mostly <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/syslog_ng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syslog_ng</span></a>, to various company blogs. I keep track of them at <a href="https://peter.czanik.hu/other/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">peter.czanik.hu/other/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Peter Czanik<p>Version 4.10.0 of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/syslog_ng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syslog_ng</span></a> is now available. Among others it adds:</p><p>- support for filesize based logrotation<br>- a filter that test if a value is blank<br>- updated <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MongoDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MongoDB</span></a> driver support</p><p>For more details check the syslog-ng release notes at <a href="https://github.com/syslog-ng/syslog-ng/releases/tag/syslog-ng-4.10.0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/syslog-ng/syslog-ng</span><span class="invisible">/releases/tag/syslog-ng-4.10.0</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LogManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LogManagement</span></a></p>
Peter Czanik<p>Do you use <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@Prometheus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Prometheus</span></a></span> for <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/monitoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monitoring</span></a>? Version 4.9.0 of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/syslog_ng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syslog_ng</span></a> now has a built-in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/prometheus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prometheus</span></a> exporter:</p><p><a href="https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/prometheus-exporter-in-syslog-ng" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog</span><span class="invisible">/posts/prometheus-exporter-in-syslog-ng</span></a></p><p>Let us know what are your experiences using this syslog-ng feature at <a href="https://github.com/syslog-ng/syslog-ng/discussions" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/syslog-ng/syslog-ng</span><span class="invisible">/discussions</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LogManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LogManagement</span></a></p>
Peter Czanik<p>From now on, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RHEL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RHEL</span></a> &amp; Co users can use nightly <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/syslog_ng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syslog_ng</span></a> packages provided by the syslog-ng team, and from a lot less obscure location, than previously. As usual, these packages are for <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/testing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>testing</span></a>, not for production.</p><p><a href="https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/nightly-syslog-ng-rpm-packages-for-rhel-co" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog</span><span class="invisible">/posts/nightly-syslog-ng-rpm-packages-for-rhel-co</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LogManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LogManagement</span></a></p>
Peter Czanik<p>Support for <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debian</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Trixie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trixie</span></a> is now available in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/syslog_ng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syslog_ng</span></a>, for now in the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/nightly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nightly</span></a> repository. Updated instructions are now available in the syslog-ng blog:</p><p><a href="https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/nightly-syslog-ng-builds-for-debian-and-ubuntu" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog</span><span class="invisible">/posts/nightly-syslog-ng-builds-for-debian-and-ubuntu</span></a></p>
Peter Czanik<p>Do you run <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> 15? The <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/syslog_ng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syslog_ng</span></a> project needs your help! We could not reproduce in-house, but there might be a bug in syslog-ng 4.9.0 related to <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/inotify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inotify</span></a> on FreeBSD 15. Could you test it in your environment?</p><p><a href="https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/installing-syslog-ng-4-9-0-on-freebsd" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog</span><span class="invisible">/posts/installing-syslog-ng-4-9-0-on-freebsd</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LogManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LogManagement</span></a></p>
Peter Czanik<p>Silence is over, I'm back from sick leave. Strict diet is also over, so I'm eating a specialty <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/bread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bread</span></a> from a local bakery, while reading through <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/syslog_ng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syslog_ng</span></a> chat, e-mail, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/GitHub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GitHub</span></a>, etc. If you have any urgent syslog-ng problems or success stories to share, I'm here again.</p>
Peter Czanik<p>Version 4.9.0 of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/syslog_ng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syslog_ng</span></a> has been available for some time. However, it is not available yet in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ports</span></a>, as there were compilation problems on FreeBSD 15-CURRENT. You can still install it using my own updated ports Makefile.<br><a href="https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/installing-syslog-ng-4-9-0-on-freebsd" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog</span><span class="invisible">/posts/installing-syslog-ng-4-9-0-on-freebsd</span></a><br><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LogManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LogManagement</span></a></p>
Peter Czanik<p>Whenever I present <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/syslog_ng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syslog_ng</span></a> at a conference or at a booth, people often ask me why should they use syslog-ng instead of one of its <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/competitors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>competitors</span></a>. So let me summarize what the users and developers of syslog-ng consider as its most important <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/values" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>values</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/the-core-values-of-syslog-ng" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog</span><span class="invisible">/posts/the-core-values-of-syslog-ng</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LogManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LogManagement</span></a></p>
Peter Czanik<p>I'm back from <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/vacation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vacation</span></a>, and ready to help you with your <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/syslog_ng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syslog_ng</span></a> / <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LogManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LogManagement</span></a> questions again.<br>I took this photo on my trip: <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HPC</span></a>. Some of the most enthusiastic syslog-ng users are in high-performance computing, but here it was an abbreviation for a hospital complex 😉</p>
Peter Czanik<p>The August syslog-ng newsletter is now available on-line:</p><p>- Deprecating <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Java" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Java</span></a>-based drivers from syslog-ng: Is <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HDFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HDFS</span></a> next?</p><p>- Your first steps configuring <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/syslog_ng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syslog_ng</span></a></p><p>- <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Prometheus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prometheus</span></a> exporter in syslog-ng</p><p>Read it at <a href="https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/the-syslog-ng-insider-2025-08-hdfs-configuration-prometheus" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog</span><span class="invisible">/posts/the-syslog-ng-insider-2025-08-hdfs-configuration-prometheus</span></a></p>
Peter Czanik<p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Debian</span></a> 13 was released with <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/syslog_ng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syslog_ng</span></a> 4.8. We do not have yet syslog-ng 4.9 packages available for Debian 13, but in a testing environment you might install our debian-sid packages:</p><p><a href="https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/installing-the-latest-syslog-ng-on-ubuntu-and-other-deb-distributions" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog</span><span class="invisible">/posts/installing-the-latest-syslog-ng-on-ubuntu-and-other-deb-distributions</span></a></p><p>It worked fine today, but might break anytime, if SID diverges.</p>
Peter Czanik<p>I have just updated my <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/openSUSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openSUSE</span></a> 16.0 test machine, and <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/syslog_ng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syslog_ng</span></a> is now at version 4.9.0 :-) Leap 16 entered the RC phase, so it's time to install it on my primary laptop, when I have a little time!</p>
Peter Czanik<p>Recently, several people have asked me about the syslog-ng project’s view on <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>. In short, there is cautious optimism: we embrace AI, but it does not take over any critical tasks from humans. But what does this mean for <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/syslog_ng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syslog_ng</span></a>?</p><p><a href="https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/syslog-ng-development-and-ai" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog</span><span class="invisible">/posts/syslog-ng-development-and-ai</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a></p>
Peter Czanik<p>While most <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Java" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Java</span></a>-based drivers have been deprecated in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/syslog_ng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syslog_ng</span></a> years ago, we have recently removed all of them in preparation to syslog-ng 4.9.0. Right now, the only Java-based driver remaining is <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HDFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HDFS</span></a>, so we want to ask the syslog-ng community if the HDFS destination is still needed for them.</p><p><a href="https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/deprecating-java-based-drivers-from-syslog-ng-is-hdfs-next" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog</span><span class="invisible">/posts/deprecating-java-based-drivers-from-syslog-ng-is-hdfs-next</span></a></p>
Peter Czanik<p>Recently, several people have asked me about the syslog-ng project’s view on <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Artificialntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Artificialntelligence</span></a>. In short, there is cautious optimism: we embrace <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>, but it does not take over any critical tasks from humans. But what does this mean for <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/syslog_ng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syslog_ng</span></a>? <a href="https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/syslog-ng-development-and-ai" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog</span><span class="invisible">/posts/syslog-ng-development-and-ai</span></a></p>
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