The syslog-ng
Premium Edition is the direct descendant of the opensource syslog-ng project that started ten years ago. This branch is developed as a commercial product. The premium edition offers the following benefits:
Secure logging using SSL/TLS
Encrypt sensitive data: Log messages may contain sensitive information that should not be accessed by third parties. Therefore, syslog-ng Premium Edition uses the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol to encrypt the communication. TLS also allows the mutual authentication of the host and the server using X.509 certificates.
syslog-ng Agent for Windows
The syslog-ng Agent for Windows is a log collector and forwarder application for Microsoft Windows, capable of forwarding eventlog messages to the central syslog-ng server.
Read more about syslog-ng Agent for Windows.
Disk-based message buffering
The Premium Edition of syslog-ng automatically stores messages on the local hard disk if the central log server or the network connection becomes unavailable. The syslog-ng application automatically sends the stored messages to the server when the connection is reestablished.
Direct database access
Storing your log messages in a database allows you to easily search and query the messages and interoperate with log analyzing applications. The Premium Edition of syslog-ng supports the following databases: MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, and SQLite.
Binaries for several UNIX platforms
The syslog-ng PE license allows you to download and use syslog-ng PE binaries for the following platforms:
| |
x86 |
x86_64 |
SUN SPARC |
ppc32 |
ppc64 |
PA-RISC |
| Debian etch |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
on request |
on request |
X |
| Debian sarge |
on request |
on request |
on request |
on request |
on request |
X |
| Red Hat ES 4 / CentOS 4 |
✔ |
✔ |
X |
on request |
on request |
X |
| Red Hat ES 5 / CentOS 5 |
✔ |
✔ |
X |
on request |
on request |
X |
| SLES 10 / openSUSE 10.0 |
✔ |
on request |
X |
on request |
on request |
X |
| SLES 10 SP1 / openSUSE 10.1 |
✔ |
✔ |
X |
on request |
on request |
X |
| Linux from Scratch 6.3 |
✔ |
on request |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| FreeBSD 5.4 or later |
on request |
on request |
on request |
on request |
on request |
X |
| OpenBSD 4.x |
on request |
on request |
on request |
on request |
on request |
X |
| Solaris 8 |
X |
X |
✔ |
X |
X |
X |
| Solaris 9 |
on request |
X |
✔ |
X |
X |
X |
| Solaris 10 |
on request |
on request |
✔ |
X |
X |
X |
| AIX 5.2 & 5.3 |
X |
X |
X |
✔ |
on request |
X |
| HP-UX 11i |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
✔ |
| Windows |
✔ |
✔ |
X |
X |
X |
X |
The central syslog-ng server cannot be installed on Microsoft Windows platforms. The syslog-ng Agent capable of forwarding log messages to the central syslog-ng server is available on the x86 and x86_64 architecture for Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, and Microsoft Windows 2000. The syslog-ng Agent is available only in syslog-ng Premium Edition.
For more information or to arrange a trial, please contact sales@sawmill.co.uk or call +44 (0) 870 741 8787.
