Projects using syslog-ng

Linux distributions, BSD

There are many different Linux distributions and BSD systems out there. Most of them have syslog-ng, either as default or as an available package.

…as default

• SuSE Linux Enterprise Server: http://www.novell.com/products/server/
• Gentoo Linux: http://www.gentoo.org/
• Arch Linux: http://www.archlinux.org/
• Polish Linux Distribution: http://www.pld-linux.org/
• NixOS: http://nixos.org/nixos/

…available as a package

• Debian: http://www.debian.org/
• Fedora: http://fedoraproject.org/
• Mandriva: http://www.mandriva.com/
• openSUSE: http://www.opensuse.org/
• Ubuntu: http://www.ubuntu.com/

BSD

BSD uses a ports system to install 3rd party software. Syslog-ng is available for the three "big" BSD variants.

• FreeBSD: http://freebsd.org/ uses the latest version of syslog-ng
• openBSD: http://openbsd.org/
• netBSD: http://netbsd.org/ only has an ancient version available

NAS, appliances and devices

The list of installed software is often not disclosed for these types of devices, but forum and support requests often reveal, that syslog-ng is running on the device. It's not always straightforward, if it is there by default or as a user installed extension.

• Amazon Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/b?node=133141011 is an e-book reader and runs an ancient version of syslog-ng most likely by default.
• Synology: http://www.synology.com/ and QNAP http://qnap.com/ are NAS systems and have syslog-ng available as an 3rd party "ipkg" package.
• Xtreamer: http://xtreamer.net/ is a NAS / media player, and most likely runs syslog-ng by default.
• F5: http://www.f5.com/ uses syslog-ng in its products.
• Endian: http://www.endian.com/ security and networking appliances run syslog-ng.
• Infoblox: http://www.infoblox.com/ networking and security products run syslog-ng.

Software projects

Many software projects use syslog-ng as part of their software suits, sometimes deeply embedded in their systems. As with devices, often forums and support requests reveal, that syslog-ng is involved.

• Rightscale: http://www.rightscale.com/ is a cloud management suit, which uses syslog-ng to collect logs.
• HP Insight Control for Linux: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/insightcontrol_linux2/index.html is a server management suite, where log collection is done by syslog-ng.
• Groundwork Monitor: http://www.groundworkopensource.com/ is a system and network management software using syslog-ng for logging related tasks.
• VDT: http://vdt.cs.wisc.edu/ is a software suite for super computing grids.
• PlugApps: http://plugapps.com/ provides easy to install software for plug size computers.
• ALOIS: http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/AloisProposal is a log collection and correlation software with reporting and alarming functionalities.

Courses

• SANS, security 506: http://www.sans.org/mentor/description.php?cid=13957
• Latin American and Caribbean TLD Association, Advanced Registry Operations Course: http://www.lactld.org/?cmd=index&func=detalle_contenido_evento&cod_contenido=92
• CCDCOE, Cyber defense monitoring course: http://www.ccdcoe.org/189.html brought to you by NATO's cyber defense organisation.