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diff --git a/doc/rsyslog_ng_comparison.html b/doc/rsyslog_ng_comparison.html index 547501af..2a1d15bd 100644 --- a/doc/rsyslog_ng_comparison.html +++ b/doc/rsyslog_ng_comparison.html @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@ <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html><head> -<meta content="de" http-equiv="Content-Language"><title>rsyslog vs. syslog-ng - a comparison</title></head> +<meta content="de" http-equiv="Content-Language"><title>rsyslog vs. syslog-ng - a comparison</title> + +</head> <body> <h1>rsyslog vs. syslog-ng</h1> <p><small><i>Written by <a href="http://www.gerhards.net/rainer">Rainer Gerhards</a> @@ -25,56 +27,72 @@ comparison sheet, so please don't be shy ;)</p> <td valign="top"><b>rsyslog</b></td> <td valign="top"><b>syslog-ng</b></td> </tr> - - <tr> -<td colspan="3" valign="top"><br><b>Input Sources</b><br></td> +<td colspan="3" valign="top"><br> +<b>Input Sources</b><br> +</td> </tr> -<tr><td valign="top">UNIX domain socket</td> +<tr> +<td valign="top">UNIX domain socket</td> +<td valign="top">yes</td> <td valign="top">yes</td> -<td valign="top">yes</td><td> -</td></tr> +<td></td> +</tr> <tr> <td valign="top">UDP</td> <td valign="top">yes</td> -<td valign="top">yes</td><td> -</td></tr> +<td valign="top">yes</td> +<td></td> +</tr> <tr> <td valign="top">TCP</td> <td valign="top">yes</td> -<td valign="top">yes</td><td> -</td></tr> +<td valign="top">yes</td> +<td></td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td valign="top"><a href="http://www.librelp.com">RELP</a></td> +<td valign="top">yes</td> +<td valign="top">no</td> +<td></td> +</tr> <tr> <td valign="top">RFC 3195/BEEP</td> <td valign="top">yes (needs separate build process)</td> -<td valign="top">no</td><td> -</td></tr> +<td valign="top">no</td> +<td></td> +</tr> <tr> <td valign="top">kernel log</td> <td valign="top">yes</td> -<td valign="top">yes</td><td> -</td></tr> +<td valign="top">yes</td> +<td></td> +</tr> <tr> <td valign="top">file</td> <td valign="top">yes</td> -<td valign="top">yes</td><td> -</td></tr> +<td valign="top">yes</td> +<td></td> +</tr> <tr> -<td valign="top">mark message generator as an optional input</td> +<td valign="top">mark message generator as an +optional input</td> <td valign="top">yes</td> -<td valign="top">no (?)</td><td> -</td></tr> +<td valign="top">no (?)</td> +<td></td> +</tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Windows Event Log</td> <td valign="top">via <a href="http://www.eventreporter.com">EventReporter</a> or <a href="http://www.mwagent.com">MonitorWare Agent</a> (both commercial software)</td> -<td valign="top">via separate Windows agent, paid edition only</td> +<td valign="top">via separate Windows agent, paid +edition only</td> </tr> - - <tr> -<td colspan="3" valign="top"><b><br>Network (Protocol) Support</b><br></td> +<td colspan="3" valign="top"><b><br> +Network (Protocol) Support</b><br> +</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">support for (plain) tcp based syslog</td> @@ -104,6 +122,11 @@ based framing on syslog/tcp connections</td> <td valign="top">yes</td> </tr> <tr> +<td valign="top">syslog over RELP<br>this is a truely reliable solution (plain tcp syslog can lose messages!)</td> +<td valign="top">yes</td> +<td valign="top">no</td> +</tr> +<tr> <td valign="top">on the wire (zlib) message compression</td> <td valign="top">yes</td> @@ -146,38 +169,46 @@ hostname in NAT environments and relay chains</td> <td valign="top">yes</td> <td valign="top">yes</td> </tr> - - <tr> -<td colspan="3" valign="top"><br><b>Message Filtering</b><br></td> +<td colspan="3" valign="top"><br> +<b>Message Filtering</b><br> +</td> </tr> -<tr><td valign="top">Filtering for syslog facility and priority</td> +<tr> +<td valign="top">Filtering for syslog facility and +priority</td> <td valign="top">yes</td> -<td valign="top">yes</td><td> -</td></tr> +<td valign="top">yes</td> +<td></td> +</tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Filtering for hostname</td> <td valign="top">yes</td> -<td valign="top">yes</td><td> -</td></tr> +<td valign="top">yes</td> +<td></td> +</tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Filtering for application</td> <td valign="top">yes</td> -<td valign="top">yes</td><td> -</td></tr> +<td valign="top">yes</td> +<td></td> +</tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Filtering for message contents</td> <td valign="top">yes</td> -<td valign="top">yes</td><td> -</td></tr> +<td valign="top">yes</td> +<td></td> +</tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Filtering for sending IP address</td> <td valign="top">yes</td> -<td valign="top">yes</td><td> -</td></tr> +<td valign="top">yes</td> +<td></td> +</tr> <tr> -<td valign="top">ability to filter on any other message -field not mentioned above +<td valign="top">ability to filter on any other +message +field not mentioned above (including substrings and the like)</td> <td valign="top">yes</td> <td valign="top">no</td> @@ -210,8 +241,9 @@ in filters</td> <td valign="top">support for discarding messages based on filters</td> <td valign="top">yes</td> -<td valign="top">yes</td><td> -</td></tr> +<td valign="top">yes</td> +<td></td> +</tr> <tr> <td valign="top">powerful BSD-style hostname and program name blocks for easy multi-host support</td> @@ -223,10 +255,10 @@ program name blocks for easy multi-host support</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> - - <tr> -<td colspan="3" valign="top"><br><b>Supported Database Outputs</b><br></td> +<td colspan="3" valign="top"><br> +<b>Supported Database Outputs</b><br> +</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">MySQL</td> @@ -274,10 +306,10 @@ program name blocks for easy multi-host support</td> <td valign="top">yes (<a href="omlibdbi.html">omlibdbi</a>)</td> <td valign="top">no (?)</td> </tr> - - <tr> -<td colspan="3" valign="top"><br><b>Enterprise Features</b><br></td> +<td colspan="3" valign="top"><br> +<b>Enterprise Features</b><br> +</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">support for on-demand on-disk @@ -292,7 +324,8 @@ by spool files</td> <td valign="top">yes</td> </tr> <tr> -<td valign="top">each action can use its own, independant +<td valign="top">each action can use its own, +independant set of spool files</td> <td valign="top">yes</td> <td valign="top">no</td> @@ -314,10 +347,10 @@ syslog/database servers </td> <td><a href="professional_support.html">yes</a></td> <td>yes</td> </tr> - - <tr> -<td colspan="3" valign="top"><br><b>Config File</b><br></td> +<td colspan="3" valign="top"><br> +<b>Config File</b><br> +</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">config file format</td> @@ -338,37 +371,40 @@ existing in a specific directory</td> <td height="25" valign="top">yes</td> <td height="25" valign="top">no</td> </tr> - - - <tr> -<td colspan="3" valign="top"><br><b>Extensibility</b><br></td> +<td colspan="3" valign="top"><br> +<b>Extensibility</b><br> +</td> </tr> <tr> -<td valign="top">Functionality split in separately loadable +<td valign="top">Functionality split in separately +loadable modules</td> <td valign="top">yes</td> <td valign="top">no</td> </tr> <tr> -<td valign="top">Support for third-party input plugins</td> +<td valign="top">Support for third-party input +plugins</td> <td valign="top">yes</td> <td valign="top">no</td> </tr> <tr> </tr> -<tr><td valign="top">Support for third-party output plugins</td> +<tr> +<td valign="top">Support for third-party output +plugins</td> <td valign="top">yes</td> <td valign="top">no</td> </tr> - - - <tr> -<td colspan="3" valign="top"><br><b>Other Features</b><br></td> +<td colspan="3" valign="top"><br> +<b>Other Features</b><br> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> </tr> <tr> -</tr><tr> <td valign="top">ability to generate file names and directories (log targets) dynamically</td> <td valign="top">yes</td> @@ -440,8 +476,9 @@ reduction ("last message repeated n times") on a per selector-line basis</td> <td valign="top">supports multiple actions per selector/filter condition</td> <td valign="top">yes</td> -<td valign="top">yes</td><td> -</td></tr> +<td valign="top">yes</td> +<td></td> +</tr> <tr> <td valign="top">web interface</td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.phplogcon.org">phpLogCon</a><br> @@ -469,8 +506,11 @@ system stress</td> <tr> <td height="43" valign="top">flow control (slow down message reception when system is busy)</td> -<td height="43" valign="top">yes (advanced, with multiple ways to slow down inputs depending on individual input capabilities, based on watermarks)</td> -<td height="43" valign="top">yes (limited? "stops accepting messages")</td> +<td height="43" valign="top">yes (advanced, +with multiple ways to slow down inputs depending on individual input +capabilities, based on watermarks)</td> +<td height="43" valign="top">yes (limited? +"stops accepting messages")</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">rewriting messages</td> @@ -504,8 +544,6 @@ Solaris; compilation and basic testing done on HP UX</td> <td valign="top">no</td> <td valign="top">yes</td> </tr> - - </tbody> </table> <p>While the <span style="font-weight: bold;">rsyslog</span> diff --git a/doc/status.html b/doc/status.html index c6901fb9..bfced290 100644 --- a/doc/status.html +++ b/doc/status.html @@ -2,18 +2,26 @@ <html><head><title>rsyslog status page</title></head> <body> <h2>rsyslog status page</h2> -<p>This page reflects the status as of 2008-03-31.</p> +<p>This page reflects the status as of 2008-04-02.</p> <h2>Current Releases</h2> -<p><b>development:</b> 3.13.0-dev0 - -<a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/Article201.phtml">change log</a> - -<a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/Downloads-index-req-getit-lid-92.phtml">download</a></p> +<p><b>development:</b> 3.15.0 - +<a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/Article203.phtml">change log</a> - +<a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/Downloads-index-req-getit-lid-93.phtml">download</a></p> + +<p><b>v3 stable:</b> 3.14.0 - <a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/Article205.phtml">change log</a> - +<a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/Downloads-index-req-getit-lid-94.phtml">download</a> + +<br><b>v2 stable:</b> 2.0.4 - <a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/Article197.phtml">change log</a> - +<a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/Downloads-index-req-getit-lid-90.phtml">download</a> +<br>v0 and v1 are depricated and no longer supported. If you absolutely do not like to +upgrade, you may consider purchasing a +<a href="professional_support.html">commercial rsyslog support package</a>. Just let us point +out that it is really not a good idea to still run a v0 version. + <p><a href="v3compatibility.html">If you updgrade from version 2, be sure to read the rsyslog v3 compatibility document.</a></p> - -<p><b>stable:</b> 2.0.4 - <a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/Article197.phtml">change log</a> - -<a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/Downloads-index-req-getit-lid-90.phtml">download</a></p> -<p> (<a href="version_naming.html">How are versions named?</a>)</p> +<p>(<a href="version_naming.html">How are versions named?</a>)</p> <h2>Platforms</h2> <p>Thankfully, a number of folks have begin to build packages and |