rsyslog’s new release cycle and versioning scheme
With today’s release of rsyslog 8.6.0, we start a new release schedule and versioning scheme. In a nutshell, we will be doing stable releases every six weeks now, and devel releases will be distributed via git exclusively.
We have made this move after reflecting the changes in user participation in open source development as well as analyzing what big projects like the Linux kernel, Firefox and Chrome are doing. I am very excited about the new methodology and sincerely hope it will make new features even more readily available to a large user base. Details on the new system are in the embedded presentation.
rsyslog 8.5.0 (v8-devel) released
We have just released 8.5.0 of the v8-devel branch.
This begins the next v8 devel series. Most importantly, it contains a greatly refactored imfile, which now supports wildcards inside filenames. There are also some other improvements, as well as some bugfixes that are not yet included in the stable versions (this will happen soon with the next release).
For more details about using wildcards in imfile, please take a look at this presentation:
Using Wildcards with rsyslog’s File Monitor
ChangeLog:
http://www.rsyslog.com/changelog-for-8-5-0-v8-devel/
Download:
http://www.rsyslog.com/download-v8-devel/
As always, feedback is appreciated.
Best regards,
Florian Riedl
RSyslog Windows Agent 2.4 Released
Adiscon is proud to announce the 2.4 release of RSyslog Windows Agent.
This is the maintenance release and contains mainly bugfixes.
Most notably, this version includes OpenSSL library 1.0.1j. This fixes all security issues from the OpenSSL Security Advisory (2014-10-15).
Detailed information can be found in the version history below.
Build-IDs: Service 2.4.120, Client 2.4.151
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Version 2.4 is a free download. Customers with existing 1.x keys can contact our Sales department for upgrade prices. If you have a valid Upgrade Insurance ID, you can request a free new key by sending your Upgrade Insurance ID to sales@adiscon.com. Please note that the download enables the free 30-day trial version if used without a key – so you can right now go ahead and evaluate it.
rsyslog 8.4.2 (v8-stable) released
We have just released 8.4.2 of the v8-stable branch.
This is primarily a re-release of 8.4.2 because the patch for the PRI vulnerability was incomplete. Special thanks to “mancha” for notifying us and helping to get it right.
For more info, please see: http://www.rsyslog.com/remote-syslog-pri-vulnerability-cve-2014-3683/
Packages are also already available in the package archives..
Download: http://www.rsyslog.com/downloads/download-v8-stable/
As always, feedback is appreciated.
Best regards,
Tim Eifler
rsyslog 7.6.7 (v7-stable) released
This is primarily a re-release of 7.6.6 because the patch for the PRI vulnerability was incomplete. Special thanks to “mancha” for notifying us and helping to get it right.
For more info, please see: http://www.rsyslog.com/remote-syslog-pri-vulnerability-cve-2014-3683/
Packages are also already available in the package archives.
http://www.rsyslog.com/changelog-for-7-6-7-v7-stable/
Download:
http://www.rsyslog.com/downloads/download-v7-stable/
As always, feedback is appreciated.
Best regards,
Tim Eifler
rsyslog 8.4.1 (v8-stable) released
We have just released 8.4.1 of the v8-stable branch.
This is primarily a bug-fixing release, but provides one small enhancement, the so-called “bracketing mode” of impstats. It tells impstats to emit begin and end message before and after emitting stats.
Please note that this releases also fixes a potential remote DoS, which may happen for some (non-default) configurations. As such, users are highly encouraged to upgrade to this version.
http://www.rsyslog.com/changelog-for-8-4-1-v8-stable/
Download:
http://www.rsyslog.com/downloads/download-v8-stable/
As always, feedback is appreciated.
Best regards,
Florian Riedl
rsyslog 7.6.6 (v7-stable) released
This version adresses some bugs and a security issue. Please note that it fixes a potential remote DoS, which may happen for some (non-default) configurations. As such, users are highly encouraged to upgrade to this version.
http://www.rsyslog.com/changelog-for-7-6-6-v7-stable/
Download:
http://www.rsyslog.com/downloads/download-v7-stable/
As always, feedback is appreciated.
Best regards,
Florian Riedl
rsyslog 7.6.5 (v7-stable) released
This released provides an important regression fix, which rendered 7.6.4 unusable, as selector line evaluation was incorrect. Users of 7.6.4 are highly advised to upgrade to this version.
http://www.rsyslog.com/changelog-for-7-6-5-v7-stable/
Download:
http://www.rsyslog.com/downloads/download-v7-stable/
As always, feedback is appreciated.
Best regards,
Florian Riedl
rsyslog 7.6.4 (v7-stable) released
This is a new release for the v7-stable branch. It contains a lot of bug fixes and patches. Several issues have been fixed, thus ensuring better stability and reliability. This is a recommended update for all v7 users.
http://www.rsyslog.com/changelog-for-7-6-4-v7-stable/
Download:
http://www.rsyslog.com/downloads/download-v7-stable/
As always, feedback is appreciated.
Best regards,
Florian Riedl
rsyslog v8 improvements and how to write plugins in any language
In the first part, we will explain the new RSYSLOG v8 engine, its motivation and its benefits. Learn, for example, why writing to Elasticsearch is much faster with the new engine. We will describe the tuning parameters vital for making best use of the new features.
In the second part we will explain how to write RSYSLOG plugins in any language. Traditionally, writing rsyslog plugins has been considered quite hard, with at least C knowledge necessary. In v8, we have introduced new interfaces which make it possible to write plugins in any language – be it Python, Perl or Java. Even bash will do. In essence, this is a great tool for any admin to add special needs with just a bit of scripting. We will proivde concrete instructions on how to write a plugin, point to read-to-copy samples and tell how to integrate this into rsyslog.
NOTE: This is Rainers LinuxTag Berlin 2014 talk.