syslog-ng
syslog-ng is an enhanced log daemon, supporting a wide range of input and output methods: syslog, unstructured text, queueing, SQL & NoSQL. (by syslog-ng)
core
OPNsense GUI, API and systems backend (by opnsense)
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| syslog-ng | core | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | 241 | |
| 2,030 | 2,965 | |
| 1.3% | 4.3% | |
| 9.9 | 9.9 | |
| about 12 hours ago | 4 days ago | |
| C | PHP | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
syslog-ng
Posts with mentions or reviews of syslog-ng.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-13.
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Fluent-Bit for Splunk
Syslog-ng can feed splunk directly via HEC without having to use heavy forwarders. Earlier you had to hand configure it via the http () destination, v4.2 added this via a separate destination driver. https://github.com/syslog-ng/syslog-ng/releases/tag/syslog-ng-4.2.0
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23.1.7 is up
ports: syslog-ng 4.1.1[6]
- syslog-ng 4 has been released
- Issue with syslog-ng messages
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Let's talk logs
Syslog-ng seems a bit weird about open/close source. They have a github but it seems like all the documentation is seemingly all over the place & it's not obvious to find what the limitations of open source version are.
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I Don't Think Elasticsearch Is a Good Logging System
What we do internally is use [syslog-ng](https://github.com/syslog-ng/syslog-ng) to read the journald socket and push to a remote and into Kafka. I think journald works well as a structured logging tool, but it's certainly deficient in other ways
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Log management solution
We're using syslog-ng in my apprenticeship, it works just fine, interfacing with a in-prem Prometheus/Elasticsearch
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OPNsense 21.1.3 released
[12] https://github.com/syslog-ng/syslog-ng/releases/tag/syslog-ng-3.31.1
core
Posts with mentions or reviews of core.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-14.
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Dnsmasq wins the first BlueHats Prize
dnsmasq can be used for wildcard domain aliases in OPNsense firewall, https://github.com/opnsense/core/issues/4145#issuecomment-12...
- OPNsense Wildcard Support in Firewall Host Alias (2022)
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How to bypass public IP and NAT
Firmware's like Asuswrt-Merlin or OpenWRT can support dynamic-dns, or you can do like I do and run something like OPNsense in an x86 VM with a NIC passed through, or buy an inexpensive firewall appliance (up to 500mbps/1gbps/10gbps).
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Stop ISP from getting into my Router
The easiest solution is to buy your own router, set it up, disable the router functionality on the Fritzbox 7590 and plug your router into it. It'll be cheaper and easier than a Cisco Firewall, but if you want to go the dedicated firewall route then I would recommenced OPNsense
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Near Constant PTR lookups from localhost
Much searching lead me to a possible patch Unbound.inc for how it was handling aliases for 23.7 -> https://github.com/opnsense/core/pull/5925
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The world in which IPv6 was a good design
[2]: https://github.com/opnsense/core/issues/2544
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OpenBSD Innovations
BSDs may not have a significant presence on desktops, but they're well known in the networking world for their reliability. They also were the foundation used to build OSes for specific applications. OpnSense and XigmaNAS, for example, are two excellent FreeBSD based applications aimed at firewalling/security and NAS/services.
https://opnsense.org/
https://xigmanas.com/xnaswp/
- Root user access denied when adding new users?
- OPNsense: Open-source security platform
What are some alternatives?
When comparing syslog-ng and core you can also consider the following projects:
rsyslog - a Rocket-fast SYStem for LOG processing
docker-pihole-unbound - Run Pi-Hole + Unbound on Docker
fluent-bit - Fast and Lightweight Logs and Metrics processor for Linux, BSD, OSX and Windows
openwrt - Linux distribution for embedded devices
graylog - Free and open log management
openNDS - openNDS (open Network Demarcation Service) is a high performance, small footprint, Captive Portal. It provides a border control gateway between a public local area network and the Internet.
vector - A high-performance observability data pipeline.
asuswrt-merlin.ng - Third party firmware for Asus routers (newer codebase)
zeek-clickhouse
UTMFW - UTM Firewall on OpenBSD
helm-charts
unifios-utilities - A collection of enhancements for UnifiOS based devices