rsyslog lead develooper. European. Security-Aware. Serving as councilman in the village of Großrinderfeld.
*Don't fear AI more than NS (natural stupidity).*
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New: production-ready observability stack integrated into rsyslog.
Last Friday, a new reference stack was merged. ROSI (Rsyslog Operations Stack Initiative) provides a curated setup for centralized logging and monitoring.
It combines rsyslog, Loki, Prometheus, and Grafana in a Docker Compose deployment with TLS by default.
Initial scope targets VM-based and single-host Docker setups. Kubernetes support is targeted next.
Season’s greetings from the rsyslog project.
Thank you to our users and community for feedback, patches, docs, and discussions. Open source works because of this shared effort.
Thanks as well to Adiscon for long-term sponsorship and to DigitalOcean for infrastructure support.
Wishing everyone peaceful holidays and a good start into 2026.
Full message: https://www.rsyslog.com/seasons-greetings-from-the-rsyslog-project/
As the year comes to a close, we would like to send our warm thanks to everyone who makes the rsyslog project what it is. To our users, contributors, and community members around the world: thank you for your trust, feedback, bug reports, patches, documentation work, and thoughtful discussions throughout the year. Open source only […]
People still see documentation as “just text”. For rsyslog, that changed a bit over a year ago.
Docs now need to work for humans and AI tools: clear structure, stable anchors, semantic hints, and examples that code agents can verify.
This turned into real engineering work, not just writing.
I wrote a short article about what’s behind the overhaul:
The Real Scope Behind the rsyslog Documentation Overhaul
https://rainer.gerhards.net/2025/11/the-real-scope-behind-the-rsyslog-documentation-overhaul.html
Digitale Souveränität ist mehr als ein Schlagwort – sie entscheidet, ob Europa, Deutschland und auch unsere Gemeinden digital handlungsfähig bleiben.
Warum das wichtig ist, welche Strategien es bereits gibt und wo Baden-Württemberg konkret vorangeht:
➡️ https://www.rainer-gerhards.de/2025/11/digitale-souveraenitaet-warum-sie-uns-alle-betrifft/
#DigitaleSouveränität #OpenSource #BadenWürttemberg #Europa #Digitalstrategie
rsyslog will (most probably) soon speak YAML.
Not a revolution — just joining the languages the rest of the stack already uses.
Simple stuff in YAML, complex logic still in RainerScript.
And yes, you can mix both.
Think: easy setup for containers and cloud, full power for those who like bending log physics.
Cozy for most. Hardcore for the rest.
https://rainer.gerhards.net/2025/11/yaml-for-rsyslog-a-new-option-not-a-revolution.html
rsyslog’s configuration language has grown into a very capable scripting environment — RainerScript — that can express almost anything a log pipeline might need. For complex systems, that won’t change. … Continue reading "YAML for rsyslog — a new option, not a revolution"
Wichtige Neuigkeiten für meine Gemeinde Großrinderfeld und die umliegende Region: BÄKO siedelt sich mit einem Verteilzentrum an.
Freude bei der BÄKO-Zentrale und in Großrinderfeld: Das genossenschaftlich organisierte Unternehmen mit Hauptsitz in Duisburg plant im Großrinderfelder Ortsteil Gerchsheim den Bau eines neuen Verteilzentrums für Bäckereibedarf und seine Zutaten. … „Ein starkes Signal für die Region: BÄKO kommt nach Großrinderfeld-Gerchsheim“ weiterlesen
rsyslog now mirrors its source in Europe and China, ensuring global access even when platforms slow or fragment. 🌍
Same code, same community — no borders, no lock-in.
Read more: https://www.rsyslog.com/keeping-rsyslog-accessible-worldwide/
#rsyslog #opensource #linux #devops #foss #logging #OpenInfrastructure
The rsyslog project continues to evolve — not only in performance and functionality, but also in how it ensures reliable global access for developers and users. In a time of increasing network fragmentation, rsyslog’s infrastructure is designed to remain reachable, maintainable, and open, regardless of regional conditions. A long tradition of openness Since its early […]
🚀 Myth-buster: rsyslog isn’t just a “legacy syslogd”.
It’s a full-blown ETL engine for modern data pipelines — ingesting from files, journals, syslog, Kafka; transforming with RainerScript, mmnormalize, GeoIP, PII redaction; and delivering to Elasticsearch, Kafka, HTTP or files.
Still the best syslogd — but also your event pipeline core.
Learn more: https://www.rsyslog.com/doc/faq/etl_tool.html
As a side-activity, I worked on AI Agents for the rsyslog ecosystem. I had a really good time. We use Digital Ocean Gradient AI, for which #rsyslog got a sponsorship from #DO - makes testing even more relaxing :)
https://rainer.gerhards.net/2025/10/rsyslog-gradient-ai-good-time.html
I thought I provide a quick “happy camper” status update. Even though this was only a side-activity, I had an exceptionally good day working with Digital Ocean Gradient and open … Continue reading "Having a good Time with DO Gradient AI"
mal was schönes aus unserer Region:
Der IRONMAN auf Hawaii ist seit Jahrzehnten das Synonym für sportliche Grenzerfahrung. 3,8 Kilometer Schwimmen, 180 Kilometer Radfahren, 42,2 Kilometer Laufen – und das alles unter tropischer Sonne und mit … „Aus Gerchsheim auf die Weltbühne – Lisa Heinrichs mit Super-Ergebnis bei der IRONMAN-WM auf Hawaii“ weiterlesen
