Write your own custom destination in Java or Python

The syslog-ng OSE application is open source, so if you have the necessary programming skills, you can extend it if its features are not adequate for your particular environment or needs. You can write destinations and other extensions to syslog-ng OSE in C (the main language of syslog-ng OSE), or using its language bindings, for example, Java or Python.

• For details on extending syslog-ng OSE in Python, see python: writing custom Python destinations.

• For details on extending syslog-ng OSE in Java, see the Getting started with implementing Java destinations

NOTE: If you delete all Java destinations from your configuration and reload syslog-ng OSE, the JVM is not used anymore, but it is still running. If you want to stop JVM, stop syslog-ng OSE and then start syslog-ng OSE again.