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syslog-ng mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, pacman, zypper installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für syslog-ng in AI-Agent-Workflows.

Installationsbefehl Sicherheitshinweise

Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install syslog-ng

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverifiziert · 94%

sudo port install syslog-ng

MacPorts ports tree · sysutils/syslog-ng/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverifiziert · 92%

sudo apk add syslog-ng

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · syslog-ng · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverifiziert · 92%

sudo apt install syslog-ng

Debian stable package indexes · syslog-ng · Quelle: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverifiziert · 92%

sudo dnf install syslog-ng

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · syslog-ng · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org

Arch Linux pacmanverifiziert · 92%

sudo pacman -S syslog-ng

Arch Linux sync databases · syslog-ng · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverifiziert · 92%

sudo zypper install syslog-ng

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · syslog-ng · Quelle: download.opensuse.org

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Log daemon with advanced processing pipeline and a wide range of I/O methods

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

dqtool
loggen
pdbtool
persist-tool
slogencrypt
slogkey
slogverify
syslog-ng
syslog-ng-ctl
syslog-ng-debun
syslog-ng-update-virtualenv
update-patterndb

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

syslog-ng is an enhanced syslog daemon for Unix-like systems, used to receive, filter, parse, transform, route, and store system and application logs.

Projektgeschichte

The project is associated with Balazs Scheidler, named by the upstream repository as the original creator and main developer. An official syslog-ng community post quotes Scheidler saying he began coding the first version in September 1998, after which the project grew from a syslogd replacement into a broader log-processing pipeline.

The upstream README describes syslog-ng as supporting classic syslog formats, JSON and unstructured input, parsers, files, message queues, SQL and NoSQL databases, and big-data destinations. It also notes Balabit as the original commercial sponsor and One Identity as the owner after Balabit's 2018 acquisition.

Adoptionsgeschichte

The syslog-ng README says it is integrated into almost all Linux distributions and BSDs. The official community post says early adoption included Debian, Gentoo, SUSE, commercial Unix systems, default logging-daemon roles in some distributions, and embedding in commercial products.

The supplied package-manager facts list syslog-ng across Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora/dnf, Alpine/apk, Arch/pacman, MacPorts, and openSUSE/zypper, which matches its long-lived role as a portable logging component.

Wie es verwendet wird

Package users typically install the daemon, edit syslog-ng.conf, then run syslog-ng or service-manager integration to collect local logs, accept network syslog, and forward or store the resulting event stream.

Its companion commands such as loggen, pdbtool, persist-tool, and syslog-ng-ctl matter to operators because packaging the project gives more than a daemon: it gives test generators, pattern-database tooling, control commands, and migration helpers.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

syslog-ng matters in package-manager culture because logging is infrastructure glue: distributions need a daemon with stable config paths, service integration, optional modules, and sane defaults.

It is also a classic example of a package whose value depends on compile-time feature detection and optional dependencies; packagers care about which destinations, parsers, TLS, database, and message-queue modules are enabled.

Zeitleiste

1998: Balazs Scheidler began coding the first version of syslog-ng.
2018: One Identity acquired Balabit, the original commercial sponsor named by the upstream README.
2026: The upstream README describes syslog-ng as integrated into almost all Linux distributions and BSDs.

Related projects

syslog-ng sits in the syslog/log-processing family alongside traditional syslogd-style daemons and modern telemetry pipelines; the upstream README explicitly points to destinations such as Elasticsearch, Kafka, Hadoop, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB.

Quellen

https://github.com/syslog-ng/syslog-ng
https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/the-syslog-ng-insider-2022-01-reboot-sequence-monterey-centos-9
source_facts.package-manager

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risikoklassifikator

blue Risiko · mittel Konfidenz · tool

Warum

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signale

text:encrypt

Installationsverhalten

In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 6 Plattformziele verfügbar.
Installiert mit 20 Laufzeitabhängigkeiten.
Build-Metadaten listen 4 Build-Abhängigkeiten.

Empfohlene Prüfung

Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf

Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit
`dqtool`	cli	globales Executable
`loggen`	cli	globales Executable
`pdbtool`	cli	globales Executable
`persist-tool`	cli	globales Executable
`slogencrypt`	cli	globales Executable
`slogkey`	cli	globales Executable
`slogverify`	cli	globales Executable
`syslog-ng`	cli	globales Executable
`syslog-ng-ctl`	cli	globales Executable
`syslog-ng-debun`	cli	globales Executable
`syslog-ng-update-virtualenv`	cli	globales Executable
`update-patterndb`	cli	globales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-07-10

Manager-Version4.12.0

Manager aktualisiert2026-07-02

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamnot checked

neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt

https://github.com/syslog-ng/syslog-ng

InfoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/syslog-ng/syslog-ngnone Konfidenz

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:syslog-ng
Version	4.12.0
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/syslog-ng
Homepage	https://www.syslog-ng.com
Repository	https://github.com/syslog-ng/syslog-ng
Upstream-Dokumentation	https://syslog-ng.github.io/
Lizenz	LGPL-2.1-or-later AND GPL-2.0-or-later
Quellarchiv	https://github.com/syslog-ng/syslog-ng/releases/download/syslog-ng-4.12.0/syslog-ng-4.12.0.tar.gz
Zuletzt aktualisiert	2026-07-02T20:34:06Z
Pulse	updated
Abhängigkeiten	abseil, gettext, glib, grpc, hiredis, ivykis, json-c, libdbi, libmaxminddb, libnet, libpaho-mqtt, librdkafka, mongo-c-driver, net-snmp, openssl@3, pcre2, protobuf, python@3.14, rabbitmq-c, riemann-client
Build-Abhängigkeiten	autoconf, automake, libtool, pkgconf
Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliotheken	curl
Bottle	verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	nicht definiert
Dienst	keiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	syslog-ng
Version Scheme	0
Revision	2
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

Debian apt95%

syslog-ng 4.8.1-5+deb13u1

Enhanced system logging daemon (metapackage)