rsyslog 8.3.4 (v8-devel) released
We have just released 8.3.4 of the v8-devel branch.
This is a somewhat unexpected new 8.3 devel version: thanks to some sponsor, we could work on providing better parsers for Cisco IOS devices as well as some improvements to the general date parser. As we want to integrate this into 8.4, we have decided to release another 8.3 version. Please note that 8.4 stable is still immanent. This version also includes a number of bug fixes.
ChangeLog:
http://www.rsyslog.com/changelog-for-8-3-4-v8-devel/
Download:
http://www.rsyslog.com/download-v8-devel/
As always, feedback is appreciated.
Best regards,
Florian Riedl
Upcoming new v8-stable
A new rsyslog v8-stable is coming up soon. It will not just be the next iteration of 8.2, instead it will be a new feature release based on the current 8.3 devel. So be prepared to welcome 8.4. Frequent followers may wonder why 8.4 is ready. Originally, we planned to release it after the summer break. The reason is simple: its ready to come up, albeit with a little less functionality than originally anticipated.
We were (and are) busy working on the rsyslog Windows Agent, which gets a fresh brush up of its engine. It’ll be even better (and faster) as before, but that also meant that we had less time to spent on Linux rsyslog. It turned out that we are primarily doing maintenance and bug fixing on v8-devel the past couple of weeks, just as it normally happens before a new stable branch comes up. So the code has matured. At the same time, we get very good feedback for 8.2 in general, which really makes us believe that v8 fully replaces v7. The bad news is that 8.3 is currently missing the promised non-C support for input modules. However, it’s easy to do this via the regular syslog() API, so this doesn’t look like it’s overly important. In short, this means 8.3 is ready for prime time and we won’t defer it for longer than really required. Just think about how many folks have asked about non-C actions or the ability to clear out dynafiles after an inactivity timeout.
We released 8.3.3 last week, and it is scheduled to be the last 8.3 version (if nothing really important comes up). We are still working on some rough edges, which we hopefully can smoothen within the next couple of days. If possible, we’ll move them into 8.4.0. We hope to be able to release 8.4.0 next week or the week thereafter, so we get a shiny new stable before the summer break.
Also, we will finally officially drop community development support for v7. This will probably even happen this week. As usual, that doesn’t mean v7 is put into the waste bin. We’ll continue to apply patches to it, and we expect that distros will carry it for a while. Even new v7 releases may happen from time to time. But it’s no longer a version that you can expect to receive community support on (of course, rsyslog support contract customers will also be supported on outdated versions, so relax if that is you – but that’s a different story).
We hope you are looking forward to 8.4. If you can, please also help with testing 8.3.3.
rsyslog 8.3.3 (v8-devel) released
We have just released 8.3.3 of the v8-devel branch.
This provides the capability to automatically close files (including dynafiles) after some inactivity timeout. It also makes some of the more exotic modules build under v8, which now supports the same set of output modules as v7 did.
ChangeLog:
http://www.rsyslog.com/changelog-for-8-3-3-v8-devel/
Download:
http://www.rsyslog.com/download-v8-devel/
As always, feedback is appreciated.
Best regards,
Florian Riedl
Changelog for 8.3.3 (v8-devel)
- unify input object naming
imudp now supports “name” paramter, as other inputs do. “inputname” has been deprecated, but can still be used. Same applies to “appendport” subparamter”. Thanks to “Nick Syslog” for the suggestion. - made the missing (contributed) modules build under v8 [import from 8.2.2]
Modules:- * mmrfc5424addhmac
- * omrabbitmq
- * omgssapi
- * omhdfs
- * omzmq3
- added a cleanup process (janitor); permits to close omfile files after a timeout
- make omgssapi build under v8.3 [import vom v8.2]
note that we could do this to the stable, because there is NO regression chance at all: only omgssapi was changed, and this module did NOT work previously. - removed obsolete –disable-fsstnd configure option
Thanks to Thomas D. for alerting us.
Closes: https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/issues/72
rsyslog 8.2.2 (v8-stable) released
We have just released 8.2.2 of the v8-stable branch.
This release allows to build the missing (contributed) modules under v8. Please note, that most of these modules did not yet receive real testing as we don’t have the necessary environments. We depend on users submitting error reports and helping out to iron out any issues that may arise.
Additionaly, the separated documentation is available as a tarball download on the download page.
http://www.rsyslog.com/changelog-for-8-2-2-v8-stable/
Download:
http://www.rsyslog.com/downloads/download-v8-stable/
As always, feedback is appreciated.
Best regards,
Florian Riedl
Changelog for 8.2.2 (v8-stable)
Version 8.2.2 [v8-stable] 2014-06-02
- made the missing (contributed) modules build under v8
Note that we could do this to the stable, because there is NO regression chance at all: only the modules themselves were changed, and they did NOT work at all previously. Please also note that most of these modules did not yet receive real testing. As we don’t have the necessary environments (easily enough available), we depend on users submitting error reports and helping to iron out any issues that may arise.
Modules:- mmrfc5424addhmac
- omrabbitmq
- omgssapi
- omhdfs
- omzmq3
rsyslog 8.3.2 (v8-devel) released
We have just released 8.3.2 of the v8-devel branch.
This is primarily a bug-fixing release, but it also adds the ability to extract parts of a timestamp via the property replacer and adds support for per-listener imrelp rulesets (thanks to bobthesecurityguy for the patch!).
ChangeLog:
http://www.rsyslog.com/changelog-for-8-3-2-v8-devel/
Download:
http://www.rsyslog.com/download-v8-devel/
As always, feedback is appreciated.
Best regards,
Florian Riedl
rsyslog 8.3.1 (v8-devel) released
We have just released 8.3.1 of the v8-devel branch.
This release provides some improvements for external message modification modules, a module to rewrite message facility and severity as well as bug fixes. It is a recommended update for all v8.3 users.
ChangeLog:
http://www.rsyslog.com/changelog-for-8-3-1-v8-devel/
Download:
http://www.rsyslog.com/download-v8-devel/
As always, feedback is appreciated.
Best regards,
Florian Riedl
Changelog for 8.3.1 (v8-devel)
Version 8.3.1 [v8-devel] 2014-04-24
- external message modification interface now support modifying message PRI
- “jsonmesg” property will include uuid only if one was previously generated
This is primarily a performance optimization. Whenever the message uuid is gotten, it is generated when not already present. As we used the regular setter, this means that always the uuid was generated, which is quite time-consuming. This has now been changed so that it only is generated if it already exists. That also matches more closly the semantics, as “jsonmesg” should not make modifications to the message.
Note that the same applies to “fulljson” passing mode for external plugins. - added plugin to rewrite message facility and/or severity
Name: fac-sever-rewrite.py - permits to build against json-c 0.12
Unfortunately, json-c had an ABI breakage, so this is necessary. Note that versions prior to 0.12 had security issues (CVE-2013-6370, CVE-2013-6371) and so it is desirable to link against the new version.
Thanks to Thomas D. for the patch.
Note that at least some distros have fixed the security issue in older versions of json-c, so this seems to apply mostly when building from sources. - bugfix: using UUID property could cause segfault
- bugfix/mmexternal: memory leak
- bugfix: memory leak when using “jsonmesg” property
- bugfix: mmutf8fix did not detect two invalid sequences
Thanks to Axel Rau for the patch. - bugfix: build problems with lexer.l on some platforms
For some reason, the strdup() prototype and others are missing. I admit that I don’t know why, as this happens only in 8.3.0+ and there is no indication of changes to the affected files. In any case, we need to fix this, and the current solution works at least as an interim one.
rsyslog 8.2.1 (v8-stable) released
We have just released 8.2.1 of the v8-stable branch.
This release permits to build against json-c 0.12. Due to the ABI breckage, this is necessary. Json-c versions prior to 0.12 had security issues, so this is desirable. At least some distros have fixed the security issue in older versions of json-c, so this seems to apply mostly when building from sources.
Additionaly, the doc is no longer shipped as part of the rsyslog tarball to allow de-coupled release cycles.
Download: http://www.rsyslog.com/downloads/download-v8-stable/
As always, feedback is appreciated.
Best regards,
Florian Riedl