Peter Czanik
@pczanik.bsky.social
syslog-ng & sudo evangelist at BalaBit (One Identity), openSUSE / Fedora / FreeBSD contributor, OpenPOWER & Arm maniac, IBM POWER champion
A #question to #Instagram experts: why do I keep receiving "#Forward it us" and similar comments under the photos I publish? Anyone can see my photos without forwarding, just open:
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February 9, 2026 at 4:51 PM
A #question to #Instagram experts: why do I keep receiving "#Forward it us" and similar comments under the photos I publish? Anyone can see my photos without forwarding, just open:
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www.instagram.com/peterczanik/
Coming soon in syslog-ng 4.11: Automatic configuration of the syslog-ng wildcard-file() source
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Automatic configuration of the syslog-ng wildcard-file() source
Reading files and monitoring directories became a lot more efficient in recent syslog-ng releases. However, it is also needed manual configuration. Version 4.11 of syslog-ng can automatically configur...
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February 5, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Coming soon in syslog-ng 4.11: Automatic configuration of the syslog-ng wildcard-file() source
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www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/...
I started to use " #Death by #Meetings" for days when I have 3 or more meetings a day. I am more into #management now, but still #engineer under the hood 😊 I was proud to hear another colleague to use this expression on the daily standup meeting this morning🤪
February 5, 2026 at 2:41 PM
I started to use " #Death by #Meetings" for days when I have 3 or more meetings a day. I am more into #management now, but still #engineer under the hood 😊 I was proud to hear another colleague to use this expression on the daily standup meeting this morning🤪
A #dragon and a #dog guarding the passage between the First Court and Second Court in #Christ's #College #Cambridge.
February 4, 2026 at 1:30 PM
A #dragon and a #dog guarding the passage between the First Court and Second Court in #Christ's #College #Cambridge.
Version 4.11 of #syslog_ng will feature a brand-new #Kafka source. While it is being tested and reviewed, we are working on reducing the number of open issues. What should be #fixed next in syslog-ng?
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What to fix next in syslog-ng?
Version 4.11 of syslog-ng will feature a brand-new Kafka source. While it is being tested and reviewed, we are working on reducing the number of open issues. What should be fixed next?
Two weeks ago, ...
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February 4, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Version 4.11 of #syslog_ng will feature a brand-new #Kafka source. While it is being tested and reviewed, we are working on reducing the number of open issues. What should be #fixed next in syslog-ng?
www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/...
www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/...
The syslog-ng 4.11 release is right around the corner. Thousands of automatic tests run before each merge, but nothing can replace real-world hands-on tests. So help us testing Elasticsearch / #OpenSearch data-streams, #Kafka source, and much more!
www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/...
www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/...
Call for testing: syslog-ng 4.11 is coming
The syslog-ng 4.11 release is right around the corner. Thousands of automatic tests run before each new piece of source code is merged, but nothing can replace real-world hands-on tests. So help us te...
www.syslog-ng.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:09 AM
The syslog-ng 4.11 release is right around the corner. Thousands of automatic tests run before each merge, but nothing can replace real-world hands-on tests. So help us testing Elasticsearch / #OpenSearch data-streams, #Kafka source, and much more!
www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/...
www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/...
You know that it will be a good #movie, when the #cinema is almost empty :-) Yesterday I watched a #Norwegian #film: "Sentimental Value" in one of the nicest movie theaters in #Budapest
February 4, 2026 at 9:05 AM
You know that it will be a good #movie, when the #cinema is almost empty :-) Yesterday I watched a #Norwegian #film: "Sentimental Value" in one of the nicest movie theaters in #Budapest
Last weekend I was in #Cambridge, UK. I took hundreds of photos using my regular camera, but some of my favorites were taken with my mobile, a #GooglePixel :-) Night in the #Trinity College Great Court:
January 30, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Last weekend I was in #Cambridge, UK. I took hundreds of photos using my regular camera, but some of my favorites were taken with my mobile, a #GooglePixel :-) Night in the #Trinity College Great Court:
This year I'm not at #FOSDEM in person, unfortunately. However, I try to follow at least part of it and the related events on-line. Today I'm watching #CentOS #Connect. You can follow it at: www.centos.org/events/conne...
CentOS Connect 2026 - The CentOS Project
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January 30, 2026 at 12:38 PM
This year I'm not at #FOSDEM in person, unfortunately. However, I try to follow at least part of it and the related events on-line. Today I'm watching #CentOS #Connect. You can follow it at: www.centos.org/events/conne...
Reading files and #monitoring directories became a lot more efficient in recent #syslog_ng releases. However, it is also needed manual configuration. Version 4.11 of syslog-ng can automatically configure the optimal setting for both.
www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/...
www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/...
Automatic configuration of the syslog-ng wildcard-file() source
Reading files and monitoring directories became a lot more efficient in recent syslog-ng releases. However, it is also needed manual configuration. Version 4.11 of syslog-ng can automatically configur...
www.syslog-ng.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Reading files and #monitoring directories became a lot more efficient in recent #syslog_ng releases. However, it is also needed manual configuration. Version 4.11 of syslog-ng can automatically configure the optimal setting for both.
www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/...
www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/...
January 27, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Version 4.10 of #syslog_ng introduced file size-based log rotation. Thanks to this, storage space is no longer filled with logs with the risk that you might not see older logs if the message rate is higher than expected.
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File size-based log rotation in syslog-ng
Version 4.10 of syslog-ng introduced file size-based log rotation. Thanks to this, storage space is no longer filled with logs with the risk that you might not see older logs if the message rate is hi...
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January 27, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Version 4.10 of #syslog_ng introduced file size-based log rotation. Thanks to this, storage space is no longer filled with logs with the risk that you might not see older logs if the message rate is higher than expected.
www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/...
www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/...
Anyone has #Linux experience with the #AMD #Ryzen #AI Max+ PRO 395 CPU? I am looking for a new desktop with lots of RAM, high performance, but low power consumption: www.hp.com/us-en/workst...
Some Windows gaming and photo editing, but also #Linux, #Kubernetes, learning #AI, etc.
Some Windows gaming and photo editing, but also #Linux, #Kubernetes, learning #AI, etc.
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January 20, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Anyone has #Linux experience with the #AMD #Ryzen #AI Max+ PRO 395 CPU? I am looking for a new desktop with lots of RAM, high performance, but low power consumption: www.hp.com/us-en/workst...
Some Windows gaming and photo editing, but also #Linux, #Kubernetes, learning #AI, etc.
Some Windows gaming and photo editing, but also #Linux, #Kubernetes, learning #AI, etc.
The #syslog_ng 4.11 release is coming soon. Thousands of automatic tests run before each source code commit, but nothing can replace real-world hands-on tests.
Help us testing #elasticsearch & #OpenSearch data-streams, #Kafka source, #cmake fixes & much more!
peter.czanik.hu/other/syslog...
Help us testing #elasticsearch & #OpenSearch data-streams, #Kafka source, #cmake fixes & much more!
peter.czanik.hu/other/syslog...
Call for testing: syslog-ng 4.11 is coming
The syslog-ng 4.11 release is right around the corner. Thousands of automatic tests run before each new piece of source code is merged, but nothing can replace real-world hands-on tests. So help us te...
peter.czanik.hu
January 20, 2026 at 2:41 PM
The #syslog_ng 4.11 release is coming soon. Thousands of automatic tests run before each source code commit, but nothing can replace real-world hands-on tests.
Help us testing #elasticsearch & #OpenSearch data-streams, #Kafka source, #cmake fixes & much more!
peter.czanik.hu/other/syslog...
Help us testing #elasticsearch & #OpenSearch data-streams, #Kafka source, #cmake fixes & much more!
peter.czanik.hu/other/syslog...
Yesterday we had a super #healthy #breakfast in the office. Today I rather had something not so healthy, but very tasty :-)
January 15, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Yesterday we had a super #healthy #breakfast in the office. Today I rather had something not so healthy, but very tasty :-)
The syslog-ng stats-exporter() allows you to collect #syslog_ng statistics using #Prometheus. Version 4.10 of syslog-ng added options to ensure that all related options of syslog-ng-ctl are now available in stats-exporter() too.
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The syslog-ng stats-exporter() now has all functionality of syslog-ng-ctl
The syslog-ng stats-exporter() allows you to collect syslog-ng statistics using Prometheus. Version 4.10 of syslog-ng added options to ensure that all related options of syslog-ng-ctl are now availabl...
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January 15, 2026 at 9:59 AM
The syslog-ng stats-exporter() allows you to collect #syslog_ng statistics using #Prometheus. Version 4.10 of syslog-ng added options to ensure that all related options of syslog-ng-ctl are now available in stats-exporter() too.
www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/...
www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/...
While testing the latest #Elasticsearch release with syslog-ng, I realized that there was a not fully documented elasticsearch-datastream() driver. Instead of fixing the docs, I reworked the elasticsearch-http() destination to support data streams.
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Changes in the syslog-ng Elasticsearch destination
While testing the latest Elasticsearch release with syslog-ng, I realized that there was already a not fully documented elasticsearch-datastream() driver. Instead of fixing the docs, I reworked the el...
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January 13, 2026 at 2:24 PM
While testing the latest #Elasticsearch release with syslog-ng, I realized that there was a not fully documented elasticsearch-datastream() driver. Instead of fixing the docs, I reworked the elasticsearch-http() destination to support data streams.
www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/...
www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/...
Today, instead of doing exercises, I went to the #Budapest #Citypark (Városliget). You can climb on the top of the Museum of Ethnography 🤩 It has not just a beautiful view, but also makes sure that you have the #cardio necessary for more #productive work!
January 13, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Today, instead of doing exercises, I went to the #Budapest #Citypark (Városliget). You can climb on the top of the Museum of Ethnography 🤩 It has not just a beautiful view, but also makes sure that you have the #cardio necessary for more #productive work!
The upcoming #syslog_ng release will come with a brand new #Kafka source.
Help us to make sure that syslog-ng is tested with a wide variety of Kafka versions and settings. Luckily, compiling syslog-ng with the Kafka source is easy:
www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/...
Help us to make sure that syslog-ng is tested with a wide variety of Kafka versions and settings. Luckily, compiling syslog-ng with the Kafka source is easy:
www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/...
How to test the syslog-ng Kafka source by building the package yourself?
A long-waited feature for syslog-ng, the Kafka source, is getting ready soon. The development is still in progress, but you can already try it, and it is worth the effort. How? Using the very same too...
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January 9, 2026 at 2:48 PM
The upcoming #syslog_ng release will come with a brand new #Kafka source.
Help us to make sure that syslog-ng is tested with a wide variety of Kafka versions and settings. Luckily, compiling syslog-ng with the Kafka source is easy:
www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/...
Help us to make sure that syslog-ng is tested with a wide variety of Kafka versions and settings. Luckily, compiling syslog-ng with the Kafka source is easy:
www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/...
Is there anyone still using #HDFS? Not just with #syslog_ng, but at all. I'm curious, as the HDFS destination is the last #Java-based driver in syslog-ng.
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Nobody responded to my related posts for years, so 4.11 will be the last release to have it
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Nobody responded to my related posts for years, so 4.11 will be the last release to have it
Deprecating Java-based drivers from syslog-ng: Is HDFS next?
While most Java-based drivers have been deprecated in syslog-ng years ago, we have recently removed all of them in preparation to syslog-ng 4.9.0. Right now, the only Java-based driver remaining is HD...
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January 8, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Is there anyone still using #HDFS? Not just with #syslog_ng, but at all. I'm curious, as the HDFS destination is the last #Java-based driver in syslog-ng.
www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/...
Nobody responded to my related posts for years, so 4.11 will be the last release to have it
www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/...
Nobody responded to my related posts for years, so 4.11 will be the last release to have it
Terrace party anyone? 😉 First day in the office this year, and I got this wonderful view when arrived.
I am back after a long #vacation. If you need an urgent response from me about #syslog_ng or anything, send it now (again). Or we can discuss it #IRL on our terrace 🥶
I am back after a long #vacation. If you need an urgent response from me about #syslog_ng or anything, send it now (again). Or we can discuss it #IRL on our terrace 🥶
January 7, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Terrace party anyone? 😉 First day in the office this year, and I got this wonderful view when arrived.
I am back after a long #vacation. If you need an urgent response from me about #syslog_ng or anything, send it now (again). Or we can discuss it #IRL on our terrace 🥶
I am back after a long #vacation. If you need an urgent response from me about #syslog_ng or anything, send it now (again). Or we can discuss it #IRL on our terrace 🥶
As a #music maniac I get into #Christmas mood by listening to some music. I have a collection of Hungarian folk songs, and also listen to #ELP's "I believe in Father Christmas".
Do you have any other non-mainstream song suggestions?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfY4...
Do you have any other non-mainstream song suggestions?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfY4...
Greg Lake - I Believe In Father Christmas (Official 4K Music Video)
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December 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
As a #music maniac I get into #Christmas mood by listening to some music. I have a collection of Hungarian folk songs, and also listen to #ELP's "I believe in Father Christmas".
Do you have any other non-mainstream song suggestions?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfY4...
Do you have any other non-mainstream song suggestions?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfY4...
My last working day this year. I wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy new year using my all time favorite greeting card :-)
I'll be back with #syslog_ng news and blogs next year.
#nostalgia #MerryChristmas #HappyNewYear
I'll be back with #syslog_ng news and blogs next year.
#nostalgia #MerryChristmas #HappyNewYear
December 19, 2025 at 9:23 AM
My last working day this year. I wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy new year using my all time favorite greeting card :-)
I'll be back with #syslog_ng news and blogs next year.
#nostalgia #MerryChristmas #HappyNewYear
I'll be back with #syslog_ng news and blogs next year.
#nostalgia #MerryChristmas #HappyNewYear
Recently, one of our power users contributed #OpenSearch data streams support to #syslog_ng, which reminded me to also do some minimal testing on the latest OpenSearch release with syslog-ng. TL;DR: both worked just fine.
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Using OpenSearch data streams in syslog-ng
Recently, one of our power users contributed OpenSearch data streams support to syslog-ng, which reminded me to also do some minimal testing on the latest OpenSearch release with syslog-ng. TL;DR: bot...
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December 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Recently, one of our power users contributed #OpenSearch data streams support to #syslog_ng, which reminded me to also do some minimal testing on the latest OpenSearch release with syslog-ng. TL;DR: both worked just fine.
www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/...
www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/...