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How to upgrade syslog-ng to AxoSyslog
How to upgrade your syslog-ng installation to AxoSyslog in minutes, without any configuration changes

Google Pub/Sub gRPC, Sentinel and Azure Monitor destinations in AxoSyslog 4.10
Discover what's new in AxoSyslog 4.10.0! This release introduces Google Pub/Sub gRPC, Sentinel, and Azure Monitor destinations for enhanced cloud integration. Read on for key features and configuration examples."

Sending log data to ClickHouse with AxoSyslog
How to send logs to a ClickHouse SQL database using AxoSyslog, a syslog-ng replacement

First 6 months of AxoSyslog, our syslog-ng fork
Activity report of the first six months of AxoSyslog, the binary-compatible syslog-ng fork.

ClickHouse support and FilterX updates in AxoSyslog 4.9
AxoSyslog 4.9 highlights: ClickHouse destination, gRPC improvements, new FilterX features, and bug fixes for the AxoSyslog and the syslog-ng projects.

How to install AxoSyslog on RHEL and AlmaLinux
Learn how to install AxoSyslog, our syslog-ng™ fork from our repository on RPM-based Linux distributions like RHEL, Fedora, or AlmaLinux.

Elasticsearch data stream, APT repository in AxoSyslog 4.8
AxoSyslog 4.8 release with APT repository, gRPC and S3 destination improvements, and the ability to send logs to Elasticsearch data streams

Axoflow metrics for syslog-ng Premium Edition
Metrics, management, and alternatives for syslog-ng Premium Edition. Modernize your syslog-ng based logging infrastructure without disrupting your deployments!

New metrics and performance improvements in syslog-ng 4.7
syslog-ng 4.7 with better OpenTelemetry performance, gRPC improvements, new metrics, and other features

Metrics for syslog-ng based log management infrastructures
Metrics and management for syslog-ng based enterprise logging and telemetry pipelines

Send logs to OpenObserve, the free Elasticsearch alternative
Forward your Kubernetes logs to OpenObserve with syslog-ng and the Logging operator using AxoSyslog, the cloud-native syslog-ng distribution

How to detect TCP and UDP packet drops in syslog and telemetry pipelines
Packet drops and buffering in syslog and observability pipelines

Enhance macOS logging with syslog-ng’s native macOS system() source
Collect logs from the native macOS OSlog or log stream with syslog-ng's new darwin-os sources!

Google BigQuery, macOS, and Windows XML support in syslog-ng version 4.6
syslog-ng 4.6 allows you to send data directly to Google BigQuery, better collect logs on macOS, parse Windows XML logs, and improves OpenTelemetry performance

syslog-ng 2023 community activity report
syslog-ng in 2023: new features (OpenTelemetry, Google Pub/Sub, Splunk, Grafana Loki, Amazon S3, OpenObserve drivers), contributions, and other developments

Send logs to Grafana Loki with syslog-ng and Logging operator
Forward your Kubernetes logs to Grafana Loki with syslog-ng and the Logging operator using AxoSyslog, the cloud-native syslog-ng distribution

How to send log and telemetry data to Google BigQuery with syslog-ng
Send logs and telemetry data directly to Google BigQuery with syslog-ng, using gRPC

Google Pub/Sub and OpenObserve support in syslog-ng version 4.5
syslog-ng 4.5 integrates your telemetry pipeline to Google Pub/Sub and OpenObserve

Multi-tenancy, namespace-based routing, new outputs in Logging operator 4.4
Logging operator 4.4 brings multi-tenancy with namespace-based routing, outputs like S3, ElasticSearch, Loki, and Splunk for the syslog-ng aggregator, and more

AxoSyslog and syslog-ng 4.4.0 release
syslog-ng 4.4 comes with new drivers and lots of new metrics to help you manage your cloud-native and on-premise observability supply chain.

From syslog-ng to LogScale: structured logs from any source
Send structured log messages from syslog-ng to Falcon LogScale via its Ingest Structured Data API, and other destinations in parallel.

syslog-ng and AxoSyslog documentation updates 2023-08
Documentation updates for AxoSyslog, the cloud-native syslog-ng distribution: OpenTelemetry support, Splunk HEC destination, eBPF support, and new parsers

OpenTelemetry support in more detail in AxoSyslog and syslog-ng
Receive or send any kinds of OpenTelemetry logs, traces, and metrics with syslog-ng and AxoSyslog 4.3 using OTLP/gRPC

Scaling syslog to 1M EPS with eBPF
How to parallelize syslog message processing to scale syslog over UDP reception on a single node: dos, dont's, and trade-offs, and the power of eBPF.

syslog-ng documentation and similarities with AxoSyslog Core
Republishing syslog-ng documentation in a new format, under the AxoSyslog Core name to comply with the syslog-ng Open Source Edition documentation license

Syslog-ng disk buffering for a resilient syslog architecture
syslog-ng disk buffering benefits, and how to configure it to prevent data loss from local and upstream failure modes like crashes, network outages, overloads.

AxoSyslog and syslog-ng 4.2.0 release
syslog-ng 4.2 comes with new drivers and lots of new metrics to help you manage your cloud-native and on-premise observability supply chain.

AxoSyslog - Log Collection for Kubernetes
Install syslog-ng using the AxoSyslog Helm charts to send Kubernetes logs into OpenSearch. AxoSyslog is a cloud native syslog-ng distribution by Axoflow.

syslog over UDP: how to avoid losing messages
Using syslog over UDP can lead to significant message loss. Here's how you can tune the kernel and syslog-ng parameters to minimize the risk of losing messages

Exploring the Exciting New Features of syslog-ng 4.1
Version 4.1 with its new metrics system brings syslog-ng closer to the cloud-native ecosystem and the modern observability supply chain.

Cloud-Ready syslog-ng Images
Axoflow is happy to announce that our flavored syslog-ng container images are available for download.
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