Announcements :: rsyslog 3.15.0 released :: (910 Reads)
Posted by
rgerhards
on Wednesday, April 02, 2008 - 12:02 AM
Hi all,
yes, I know it's April, 1st. But this release is not related to it ;)
I have just released rsyslog 3.15.0, the release that finally provides initial RELP support. RELP provides superior reliability over plain tcp syslog, ensuring that no messages are lost. With plain TCP, this can happen if the remote server goes down. RELP protects from this by utilizing a full-duplex protocol where each message is acknowledged. RELP should also be safe to use with stunnel, where plain tcp syslog sometimes gets into trouble.
The core RELP protocol support is NOT part of rsyslog. It comes in the form of librelp, available at http://www.librelp.com . You need to install librelp before you try to compile rsyslog with RELP support. That should be fairly simple.
If you run into any troubles, please let me know - I am more than happy to help. I plan to do some more in-depth doc on the use cases soon.
