rsyslog 7.5.0 (v7-devel) released

This release opens the new 7.5 development branch. Most importantly, this version provides TLS protection for RELP (note that librelp 1.1.1 is required). More information can be found in this blogpost: http://blog.gerhards.net/2013/06/new-rsyslog-devel-branch-75.html ChangeLog: http://www.rsyslog.com/changelog-for-7-5-0-v7-devel/ Download: http://www.rsyslog.com/rsyslog-7-5-0-v7-devel/ As always, feedback is appreciated. Best regards, Florian Riedl

TLS secured syslog via RELP

This article will show you, how to use simple tls encryption with the RELP protocol for sending and receiving syslog messages. We basically need two machines, both running at least rsyslog 7.3.16. In addition to rsyslog, we also need the most current version of librelp. General information When installing rsyslog, make sure to enable the […]

Changelog for 6.5.0 (v6-devel)

Version 6.5.0  [devel] 2012-08-28 imrelp now supports non-cancel thread termination (but now requires at least librelp 1.0.1) implemented freeCnf() module interface This was actually not present in older versions, even though some modules already used it. The implementation was now done, and not in 6.3/6.4 because the resulting memory leak was ultra-slim and the new […]

rsyslog statistics counter

Rsyslog supports statistic counters via the impstats module. It is important to know that impstats and friends only provides an infrastructure where core components and plugins can register statistics counter. This FAQ entry tries to describe all counters available, but please keep in mind that there may exist that we  do not know about. When […]

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