A new version of Ekanite, the syslog server with built-in search, has been released. v1.3.0 includes some bug fixes, including to shard management. It also moves Ekanite to Go 1.9.
You can download v1.3.0 from the GitHub releases page.
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Ekanite 1.2.3 released
A new version of Ekanite, the syslog server with built-in search, has been released. v1.2.3 includes a fix to the diagnostic output.
You can download v1.2.3 from the GitHub releases page.
Ekanite 1.2.1 released
A new version of Ekanite, the syslog server with built-in search, has been released. v1.2.1 includes a very important bug fix, for an issue that affected TCP operation.
You can download v1.2.1 from the GitHub releases page.
Ekanite 1.2.0 released
A new version of Ekanite, the syslog server with built-in search, has been released. v1.2.0 includes some minor fixes and improvements.
You can download v1.2.0 from the GitHub releases page.
Ekanite v1.1.0 released
A new version of Ekanite, the syslog server with built-in search, has been released. v1.1.0 includes an important bug fix related to TCP connection handling, as well as some other minor fixes and improvements.
You can download v1.1.0 from the GitHub releases page.
New browser interface for Ekanite
Ekanite is an open-source Syslog server with built in log search. Thanks to some nice work by Fabian Zaremba, Ekanite now supports searching your logs via a browser.
If you’d like to understand more about the design and development of Ekanite, check out this series of posts.
Designing a search system for log data — part 3
This is the last part of a 3-part series “Designing and building a search system for log data”. Be sure to check out part 1 and part 2.
In the last post we examined the design and implementation of Ekanite, a system for indexing log data, and making that data available for search in near-real-time. Is this final post let’s see Ekanite in action.
Continue reading Designing a search system for log data — part 3
Designing a search system for log data — part 2
This is the second part of a 3-part series “Designing and building a search system for log data”. Be sure to check out part 1. Part 3 follows this post.
In the previous post I outlined some of the high-level requirements for a system that indexed log data, and makes that data available for search, all in near-real-time. Satisfying these requirements involves making trade-offs, and sometimes there are no easy answers.
Continue reading Designing a search system for log data — part 2
Contributing to InfluxDB
When you’d like to contribute to an open-source project it can be difficult to know where to start. Check out my latest post for the InfluxDB blog, explaining how we on the Core team have curated a set of issues, hopefully making it easy for potential contributors to start.
The strange economics of open-source software
Using the Source
I have written another post for the Loggly blog — all about our guidelines for choosing and integrating open-source software and technology in your next project.
Check it out here.