NXLog main page
  • Products
    LOG COLLECTOR
    NXLog Enterprise Edition
    Full feature multi-platform log collection
    NXLog Community Edition
    Open-source free log collector
    ADD-ONS FOR NXLOG ENTERPRISE EDITION
    NXLog Add-Ons
    Integration with various software
    AGENT MANAGER FOR NXLOG ENTERPRISE EDITION
    NXLog Manager
    Manage and monitor NXLog instances
    NXLog Minder
    Hyper-scalable, API-first agent management
    DATABASE FOR NXLOG ENTERPRISE EDITION
    Raijin Database Engine
    The schemaless SQL database for storing events
    more from nxlog
    Professional Services
    Compare NXLog EE and CE
    NXLog Solution Packs
  • Downloads
    NXLog Enterprise Edition
    Full feature multi-platform log collection
    NXLog Manager
    Manage and monitor NXLog instances
    NXLog Community Edition
    Open-source free log collector
  • Solutions
    Integrations
    With SIEM, Devices, SaaS...
    Specfic OS support
    AIX, Linux, FreeBSD
    SCADA/ICS
    Energy, Oil & Gas, Transport...
    Windows Event log
    Collect locally or remotely, ..
    DNS Logging
    Enterprise-grade DNS log...
    Log Collection Modes
    Agent-based, Agentless or Cloud
    Agent Management
    Agents management and monitoring
    FIM
    File Integrity Monitoring
    macOS Logging
    ULS events, Apple System Logs ...
    By Industry
    Financial Services
    Government & Education
    Entertainment & Gambling
    Telecommunications
    Medical & Healthcare
    Military & Defense
    Law Firms & Legal Counsel
    Industrial & Manufacturing
  • Partners
    Find a Reseller
    Look for our resellers worldwide
    Technology Ecosystem
    See all our partners and integrations
    Partner Program
    Join our community of partners
  • Resources
    Documentation
    Products guides and integrations
    Blog
    Tutorials, updates and releases
    White papers
    Datasheets, infographics and more
    Videos
    Trainings and tutorial on specific topics
    Webinars
    Community events and webinars
    Case Studies
    Customer success stories
    Community Forum →
  • Support
  • Why Nxlog
    About Us
    Our journey, team and mission
    Customers
    Testimonials and case studies
    Careers
    We are hiring!
    Contact Us →
LOG COLLECTOR
NXLog Enterprise Edition
Full feature multi-platform log collection
NXLog Community Edition
Open-source free log collector
ADD-ONS FOR NXLOG ENTERPRISE EDITION
NXLog Add-Ons
Integration with various software
AGENT MANAGER FOR NXLOG ENTERPRISE EDITION
NXLog Manager
Manage and monitor NXLog instances
NXLog Minder
Hyper-scalable, API-first agent management
DATABASE FOR NXLOG ENTERPRISE EDITION
Raijin Database Engine
The schemaless SQL database for storing events
more from nxlog
Professional Services
Compare NXLog EE and CE
NXLog Solution Packs
NXLog Enterprise Edition
Full feature multi-platform log collection
NXLog Manager
Manage and monitor NXLog instances
NXLog Community Edition
Open-source free log collector
Integrations
With SIEM, Devices, SaaS...
Specfic OS support
AIX, Linux, FreeBSD
SCADA/ICS
Energy, Oil & Gas, Transport...
Windows Event log
Collect locally or remotely, ..
DNS Logging
Enterprise-grade DNS log...
Log Collection Modes
Agent-based, Agentless or Cloud
Agent Management
Agents management and monitoring
FIM
File Integrity Monitoring
macOS Logging
ULS events, Apple System Logs ...
By Industry
Financial Services
Government & Education
Entertainment & Gambling
Telecommunications
Medical & Healthcare
Military & Defense
Law Firms & Legal Counsel
Industrial & Manufacturing
Find a Reseller
Look for our resellers worldwide
Technology Ecosystem
See all our partners and integrations
Partner Program
Join our community of partners
Documentation
Products guides and integrations
Blog
Tutorials, updates and releases
White papers
Datasheets, infographics and more
Videos
Trainings and tutorial on specific topics
Webinars
Community events and webinars
Case Studies
Customer success stories
Community Forum →
About Us
Our journey, team and mission
Customers
Testimonials and case studies
Careers
We are hiring!
Contact Us →
Request trial
  • Loading...
Request Trial
September 11, 2023 announcement

Announcing NXLog Enterprise Edition 6.0

By Arielle Bonnici

Share
ALL SIEM STRATEGY SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT DEPLOYMENT COMPLIANCE COMPARISON RSS

We proudly announce the latest release of NXLog Enterprise Edition, version 6.0. This major release includes new NXLog language data types, additional TCP and HTTP configuration options, and enhancements to our Elasticsearch and remote administration modules.

Read on to find out more about some of these new features.

Important
While upgrading, please read our guide on how to migrate from NXLog Enterprise Edition 5 to NXLog Enterprise Edition 6, as there are some incompatibilities between the two, which may require configuration changes.

New Array and Hash data types

The NXLog language now includes support for compound values with two new data types:

Array

Holds a list of values of any NXLog data type. Individual items can be accessed by their index number.

Hash

Holds a list of key-value pairs. The key is a user-defined string; the value can be any NXLog data type. Individual items can be accessed by the key name.

New IP blocklist in the TCP and TLS/SSL input modules

We added a new BlockIP directive to our TCP and TLS/SSL input modules. The directive can be set multiple times to reject connections from the specified IP addresses and can be used in tandem with the existing AllowIP directive.

Support for Elasticsearch data streams

Our Elasticsearch module (om_elasticsearch) can now send data to a data stream in addition to regular indices with the introduction of the DataStream directive. The configuration is straightforward. Simply point the URL to your data stream and set DataStream to TRUE (the default is FALSE) to send logs to an Elasticsearch data stream.

More TCP-based modules can reuse the IP address and port

The ReuseAddr and ReusePort directives are now available in all TCP-based input modules (im_batchcompress, im_http, im_ssl, im_tcp) in addition to the UDP (im_udp) input module. As a result, multiple instances of the same module can listen on the same IP address and port for processing incoming data synchronously, thus using the available system resources better for faster log processing.

More HTTP-based modules support compression

The following modules now also support the Compression directive:

  • Microsoft Azure Logs Ingestion (om_azuremonitor)

  • Google Chronicle (om_chronicle)

  • Google Cloud Logging (im_googlelogging and om_googlelogging)

  • Salesforce (im_salesforce)

New administrative module functionality

We continue to build our administrative module (xm_admin) to improve manageability. We implemented new GetUid and SetUid methods for retrieving or setting an agent’s unique identifier. We also worked on enhancing other methods:

  • A request for server information returns more detailed system information and two new fields: trial_expiry_time contains the time in epoch seconds until a trial agent expires, and uid contains the agent’s unique identifier.

  • Requesting module information for a Windows Event Collector (im_wseventing) instance now returns client connection statistics like other TCP-based modules.

  • The requests to send or receive a file from the agent support a new acl parameter, which replaces the filetype parameter. We renamed this parameter to reflect the true configuration setting required, i.e., the name of an ACL in the NXLog configuration. filetype is still accepted for backward compatibility but will be phased out in a future version.

The log queue size is now calculated in bytes

We updated the LogqueueSize global and common module directive to operate on bytes instead of batches of log records for simpler and more accurate resource planning. This change is not backward compatible; therefore, you must modify your configuration accordingly if updating from an older NXLog agent version.

NXLog Enterprise Edition version 4 end-of-life

With the release of NXLog Enterprise Edition 6.0, all versions of NXLog Enterprise Edition 4 are considered end-of-life and are no longer supported. If you’re still using version 4, we encourage you to upgrade to the latest version. Get in touch with our support team if you need guidance.

Find out more

You can check out all of the new features and fixes in our release notes, and view our changelog for a full list of what’s changed between versions. Check out our comprehensive documentation, and get in touch with us below if you need help upgrading, have a feature request, or have any other questions.

GET STARTED TODAY:
CONTACT US Our experts are happy to help REQUEST A FREE TRIAL Give NXLog Enterprise Edition a try GET PRICING Request a quote

NXLog Ltd. develops multi-platform log collection tools that support many different log sources, formats, transports, and integrations. The tools help administrators collect, parse, and forward logs so they can more easily respond to security issues, investigate operational problems, and analyze event data. NXLog distributes the free and open source NXLog Community Edition and offers additional features and support with the NXLog Enterprise Edition.

This document is provided for informational purposes only and is subject to change without notice. Trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.

  • releases
  • Enterprise Edition
Share

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Mail
Related Posts

Announcing NXLog Enterprise Edition 5.9
2 minutes | June 20, 2023
DNS Log Collection on Windows
9 minutes | May 28, 2020
Making the most of Windows Event Forwarding for centralized log collection
7 minutes | December 17, 2018

Stay connected:

Sign up

Keep up to date with our monthly digest of articles.

By clicking singing up, I agree to the use of my personal data in accordance with NXLog Privacy Policy.

Featured posts

Upgrading from NXLog Enterprise Edition 5 to NXLog Enterprise Edition 6
September 11, 2023
Announcing NXLog Enterprise Edition 6.0
September 11, 2023
The cybersecurity challenges of modern aviation systems
September 8, 2023
Raijin announces release of version 1.2
August 11, 2023
The Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act and security observability
August 9, 2023
Log Management and PCI DSS 4.0 compliance
August 2, 2023
Detect threats using NXLog and Sigma
July 27, 2023
HIPAA compliance logging requirements
July 19, 2023
Announcing NXLog Enterprise Edition 5.9
June 20, 2023
Industrial cybersecurity - The facts
June 8, 2023
Raijin announces release of version 1.1
May 30, 2023
CISO starter pack - Security Policy
May 2, 2023
Announcing NXLog Enterprise Edition 5.8
April 24, 2023
CISO starter pack - Log collection fundamentals
April 3, 2023
Raijin announces release of version 1.0
March 9, 2023
Avoid vendor lock-in and declare SIEM independence
February 13, 2023
Announcing NXLog Enterprise Edition 5.7
January 20, 2023
NXLog - 2022 in review
December 22, 2022
Need to replace syslog-ng? Changing to NXLog is easier than you think
November 23, 2022
The EU's response to cyberwarfare
November 22, 2022
Looking beyond Cybersecurity Awareness Month
November 8, 2022
GDPR compliance and log data
September 23, 2022
NXLog in an industrial control security context
August 10, 2022
Raijin vs Elasticsearch
August 9, 2022
NXLog provides native support for Google Chronicle
May 11, 2022
Aggregating macOS logs for SIEM systems
February 17, 2022
How a centralized log collection tool can help your SIEM solutions
April 1, 2020

Categories

  • SIEM
  • STRATEGY
  • SECURITY
  • ANNOUNCEMENT
  • DEPLOYMENT
  • COMPLIANCE
  • COMPARISON
logo

Subscribe to our newsletter to get the latest updates, news, and products releases.

© Copyright 2023 NXLog Ltd.

PRIVACY POLICY TERMS OF USE

  • PRODUCTS
  • NXLOG ENTERPRISE EDITION
  • NXLOG COMMUNITY EDITION
  • NXLOG ADD-ONS
  • NXLOG MANAGER
  • NXLOG MINDER
  • RAIJIN DATABASE
  • MORE NXLOG
  • COMPARE SOLUTIONS
  • INDUSTRIES
  • INTERGRATIONS
  • FIND A RESELLER
  • PARTNER PROGRAM
  • RESOURCES
  • DOCUMENTATION
  • WHITE PAPERS
  • WEBINARS
  • CASE STUDIES
  • TUTORIALS
  • BLOG
  • COMMUNITY FORUM
  • ABOUT US
  • WHY NXLOG
  • CUSTOMERS
  • CAREERS
  • CONTACT US
  • DOWNLOADS
  • NXLOG ENTERPRISE EDITION
  • NXLOG COMMUNITY EDITION
  • NXLOG MINDER
  • NXLOG MANAGER
  • NXLOG ADD-ONS
  • RAIJIN DATABASE