rsyslog version numbering change
Rsyslog used a version number scheme of 8.<real-version>.0 where we incremented <real-version> every 6 weeks with each release. The 8 and 0 are constant (well, the 0 could change to 1 with...
View Articlesolving rsyslog write errors
When rsyslog reports a write error, it includes the operating-system generated error message. It should hopefully give you a clue what the problem cause was. Unfortunately from time to time to root...
View ArticleAvoid overly-large in memory queues
Rsyslog provides the “queue.size” parameter to set a limit on the number of messages a queue can keep in memory. This is primarily meant to support peak traffic. Note that this counter is given in...
View ArticleRSyslog Windows Agent 5.2 Released
Release Date: 2019-04-25 Build-IDs: Service 5.2.0.195, Client 5.2.0.274 Features Hardened Code using new utilities like cppcheck and LLVM. Bugfixes Fixed processing issues with date property replacer...
View ArticleRSyslog Windows Agent 6.0 Released
Release Date: 2019-07-01 Build-IDs: Service 6.0.0.200, Client 6.0.0.277 Features Configuration Client using latest .Net Framework now. Windows 2019 Support. Configuration reload: Added support to...
View ArticleEncasing of control structures
When using control structures to create some case filtering, there are some things to consider when formatting this. In general, a control structure can be as simple as this: if $msg contains "word"...
View ArticleRSyslog Windows Agent 6.1 Released
Release Date: 2020-01-31 Build-IDs: Service 6.1.0.205, Client 6.1.0.280 Features Property engine: Added new static property %localhostname% which contains the local computer name. Syslog Action: Fixed...
View ArticleRSyslog Windows Agent 6.1a Released
Release Date: 2020-03-10 Build-IDs: Service 6.1.0.206, Client 6.1.0.280 Features TLS Support: Updated to OpenSSL 1.0.2u. You can download Free Trial Version of RSyslog Windows Agent. The post RSyslog...
View ArticleSlightly Changed rsyslog Stable Release Cycle
For the past couple of years, rsyslog made scheduled releases every 6 weeks. We now changed this slightly to make version numbers easier to understand. Remember, rsyslog versions are called...
View ArticleRSyslog Windows Agent 6.2 Released
Release Date: 2020-06-16 Build-IDs: Service 6.2.0.207, Client 6.2.0.284 Bugfixes EventLog Monitor V2: Fixed a problem during configuration load that could cause unexpected termination of the service....
View ArticleRSyslog Windows Agent 6.2a Released
Release Date: 2020-07-21 Build-IDs: Service 6.2.0.208, Client 6.2.0.284 Bugfixes Fixed an issue that could cause the Service to abort while configuration reload was running. Fixed an issue when the...
View ArticleRSyslog Windows Agent 6.2b Released
Release Date: 2020-09-04 Build-IDs: Service 6.2.0.209, Client 6.2.0.284 Bugfixes Start Program Action: Fixed loading the Sync Timeout setting in file configuration mode. Queue Engine: Fix for...
View ArticleRSyslog Windows Agent 6.2c Released
Release Date: 2021-01-28 Build-IDs: Service 6.2.0.210, Client 6.2.0.284 Bugfixes Syslog Service: Fixed an parsing issue of the syslogtag (rfc5424 only) with malformed syslog headers. Syslog Service:...
View ArticleRSyslog Windows Agent 6.2d Released
Release Date: 2021-02-19 Build-IDs: Service 6.2.0.211, Client 6.2.0.284 Bugfixes Syslog Action: When appending to syslog cache files with the exact size of 4294967295 bytes, the File Open failed due...
View ArticleRSyslog Windows Agent 7.0 Released
Release Date: 2021-03-09 Build-IDs: Service 7.0.0.213, Client 7.0.0.297 Features Filter Engine: Add support to filter by IPv6 addresses. Eventlog Monitor V2: Added support to for LogPoint SIEM JSON...
View ArticleRSyslog Windows Agent 7.1 Released
Release Date: 2021-07-14 Build-IDs: Service 7.1.0.214, Client 7.1.0.300 Features – EventLog Monitor V2: Add support to monitor Analytic and Debug Channels. These channels will only work in polling mode...
View ArticleRSyslog Windows Agent 7.2 Released
Release Date: 2022-01-18 Build-IDs: Service 7.2.0.217, Client 7.2.0.310 Features Syslog Service: Added configurable option to detect Year in RFC3164 Syslog Header. If enabled, the service will try to...
View ArticleRSyslog Windows Agent 7.2a Released
Release Date: 2022-03-03 Build-IDs: Service 7.2.0.219, Client 7.2.0.312 Bugfixes EventLog Monitor V2: Fix an issue with events, that cannot be formatted properly. EventLog Monitor V2: Fix loading...
View ArticleHow to perform a mass rollout?
A mass rollout in the scope of this topic is any case where the product is rolled out to more than 5 to 10 machines and this rollout is to be automated. This is described first in this article. A...
View ArticleRSyslog Windows Agent 7.3 Released
Release Date: 2022-11-09 Build-IDs: Service 7.2.0.221, Client 7.2.0.314 Bugfixes Fix daylight detection when converting from strings to timestamps internally. Exceptions in Worker Threads under very...
View Articlersyslog on AWS – an Overview
Our team at Adiscon offers a comprehensive paid full-service rsyslog product, available on the AWS Marketplace. As the same team that develops and supports the rsyslog open source project, we’re...
View Articlelibfastjson 1.2304.0 released
This is a new fork of the json-c library, which is optimized for liblognorm processing. This release changes the release numbering scheme to resemble that of rsyslog Also it includes a fix for...
View Articlersyslog on AWS – S3 file structure
The EBS disk included in the product is only used for day-to-day storage of logs. Persistent log storage is kept on an S3 store. This store also contains some other data items which should persist...
View ArticleAWS rsyslog – Applying Configuration Changes
Once you’ve updated the configuration of the AWS rsyslog application, it’s important to manually apply the new settings as rsyslog doesn’t do this automatically. This is to prevent partial changes...
View ArticleRSyslog Windows Agent 7.4 Released
Release Date: 2023-06-21 Build-IDs: Service 7.4.0.223, Client 7.4.0.315 Bugfixes Syslog Action: Fixed a very rare case where an Action could try to open **TCP connections** to the same target...
View ArticleRSyslog Windows Agent 7.5 Released
Release Date: 2023-10-18 Build-IDs: Service 7.5.0.225, Client 7.4.0.315 Bugfixes Relp Action: Updated to latest librelp version 1.11.0. File Action: Fixed a race condition in Filename handling that...
View ArticleImproving the rsyslog documentation…
The current state of rsyslog documentation and its representation on our official website has been a subject of concern within the professional community. We are initiating a comprehensive project...
View ArticleAdditional improvements to rsyslog doc and site…
We’re excited to announce significant enhancements to the rsyslog website, designed to make your experience more efficient and enjoyable. Our primary focus has been on the documentation presentation,...
View ArticleElevating Syslog Security: RSyslog Introduces DTLS Plugins for UDP
We at the RSyslog project are excited to share our recent advancements in syslog security. We have introduced initial plugins for Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) syslog, namely imdtls (input...
View ArticleDocumentation Improvement and AI
For a long time, I struggled with the daunting task of enhancing the documentation for Rsyslog. My extensive knowledge of Rsyslog technology often made it challenging for me to create user-friendly...
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