We have released rsyslog 8.26.0. This release has liblognorm 2.0.3 as a build requirement. Also, there were quite some changes like internal error messages are enabled at all times and many more fixes and additions to modules like imrelp, imptcp, omfwd and many many more. For a complete list of changes, fixes and enhancements, please […]
How to create debug information with strace
Strace is a tool to monitor system calls of an application. The output may be useful to trace what rsyslog is actually doing on the system level, if debug output information is not sufficient. A quick example to provide useful output would be: strace -T -ttt -f -o /path/filename rsyslogd There are a lot of […]
rsyslog 8.25.0 (v8-stable) released
We have released rsyslog 8.25.0. This release brings quite a number of changes and fixes. The most notable is that imfile now supports wildcards in directory names, which permits to monitor newly created directories without making changes to the configuration. For a complete list of changes, fixes and enhancements, please visit the ChangeLog. ChangeLog: https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/blob/v8-stable/ChangeLog […]
rsyslog 8.24.0 (v8-stable) released
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 8.22.0 (v8-stable) released
We have released rsyslog 8.22.0. This release is mostly for maintenance. It has a somewhat improved error output for config file syntax errors, a bugfix for omhiredis and general code cleanup and improvment. The only new function is the added template support for ompgsql. To get a full overview over the changes, please take a […]
RSyslog Windows Agent 3.3 Released
Adiscon is proud to announce the 3.3 release of RSyslog Windows Agent. This is a bugfixing release with minor feature update. Most importantly, the Adiscon SNMP MIB now supports messages sizes up to 64k (previous limit was 255 characters). The OpenSSL Library has been updated to 1.0.2h. Bugs were fixed primarily in RELP and syslog […]
rsyslog 8.21.0 (v8-stable) released
We have released rsyslog 8.21.0. This release is mostly for maintenance. There was a big change to how internal messages are handled. These are no longer logged via the internal bridge, but via the syslog() API call. For regular users, this should make not too much difference. Additionaly, the TLS syslog error messages have been […]
rsyslog error reporting improved
Rsyslog provides many up-to-the point error messages for config file and operational problems. These immensly helps when troubleshooting issues. Unfortunately, many users never see them. The prime reason is that most distros do never log syslog.* messages and so they are just throw away and invisible to the user. While we have been trying to […]
rsyslog 8.20.0 (v8-stable) released
We have released rsyslog 8.20.0. This release brings a few new additions and requirements. Omrelp now has a configurable connection timeout and pmrfc3164 has a new option to allow slashes in the hostname. Apart from that, there is quite a set of bugfixes. Please note, to use rsyslog 8.20.0 it is required to update librelp […]