We have released rsyslog 8.24.0. This first release for 2017 brings a lot of changes. Most are detail enhancements for different modules. The biggest change is probably, that rsyslog now builds on the AIX platform. Also 8.24.0 has two new message modification modules, which might be worth checking out. And a very useful addition is […]
rsyslog 8.23.0 (v8-stable) released
We have released rsyslog 8.23.0. This release is packed with changes and enhancements. One of the most interesting might be the removal of the SHA2-224 hash algorithm for KSI signatures. This is considered insecure and is no longer supported by the KSI library. Also notable are the changes to imfile, omfile and omelasticsearch, among lots […]
rsyslog 8.19.0 (v8-stable) released
We have released rsyslog 8.19.0. This is mostly a bug-fixing release. Among the big number of fixes are a few additions to the testbench and some minor enhancements for several modules (like imrelp, omelasticsearch) to provide more convenience. To get a full overview over the changes, please take a look at the Changelog. ChangeLog: https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/blob/v8-stable/ChangeLog […]
Using rsyslog to Reindex/Migrate Elasticsearch data
Original post: Scalable and Flexible Elasticsearch Reindexing via rsyslog by @Sematext This recipe is useful in a two scenarios: migrating data from one Elasticsearch cluster to another (e.g. when you’re upgrading from Elasticsearch 1.x to 2.x or later) reindexing data from one index to another in a cluster pre 2.3. For clusters on version 2.3 […]
Monitoring rsyslog’s impstats with Kibana and SPM
Original post: Monitoring rsyslog with Kibana and SPM by @Sematext A while ago we published this post where we explained how you can get stats about rsyslog, such as the number of messages enqueued, the number of output errors and so on. The point was to send them to Elasticsearch (or Logsene, our logging SaaS, […]
rsyslog 8.16.0 (v8-stable) released
We have released rsyslog 8.16.0. This release is mostly a bugfixing release with fixes for impstats, omelasticsearch, imfile, ommail and many more. The biggest change however is the addition of the extraction support in rsgtutil for ksi support (https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/issues/561). To get a full overview over the changes, please take a look at the Changelog. ChangeLog: […]
Changelog for 8.16.0 (v8-stable)
—————————————————————————— Version 8.16.0 [v8-stable] 2016-01-26 rsgtutil: Added extraction support including loglines and hash chains. More details on how to extract loglines can be found in the rsgtutil manpage. See also: https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/issues/561 clean up doAction output module interface We started with char * pointers, but used different types of pointers over time. This lead to alignment […]
rsyslog 8.15.0 (v8-stable) released
We have released rsyslog 8.15.0. This release sports a lot of changes. Among the changes are a lot of bugfixes, changes to the KSI support, pmciscoios, omkafka, 0mq modules, omelasticsearch and many more. To get a full overview over the changes, please take a look at the Changelog. ChangeLog: http://www.rsyslog.com/changelog-for-8-15-0-v8-stable/ Download: http://www.rsyslog.com/downloads/download-v8-stable/ As always, feedback […]
Recipe: Apache Logs + rsyslog (parsing) + Elasticsearch
Original post: Recipe: Apache Logs + rsyslog (parsing) + Elasticsearch by @Sematext This recipe is about tailing Apache HTTPD logs with rsyslog, parsing them into structured JSON documents, and forwarding them to Elasticsearch (or a log analytics SaaS, like Logsene, which exposes the Elasticsearch API). Having them indexed in a structured way will allow you […]
Coupling with Logstash via Redis
Original post: Recipe: rsyslog + Redis + Logstash by @Sematext OK, so you want to hook up rsyslog with Logstash. If you don’t remember why you want that, let me give you a few hints: Logstash can do lots of things, it’s easy to set up but tends to be too heavy to put on […]