Ubuntu Manpage: systemd-journal-remote.service, systemd-journal-remote.socket, systemd-journal-remote -

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NAME

       systemd-journal-remote.service, systemd-journal-remote.socket, systemd-journal-remote -
       Receive journal messages over the network

SYNOPSIS

       systemd-journal-remote.service

       systemd-journal-remote.socket

       /lib/systemd/systemd-journal-remote [OPTIONS...] [-o/--output=DIR|FILE] [SOURCES...]

DESCRIPTION

       systemd-journal-remote is a command to receive serialized journal events and store them to
       journal files. Input streams are in the Journal Export Format[1], i.e. like the output
       from journalctl --output=export. For transport over the network, this serialized stream is
       usually carried over an HTTPS connection.

       systemd-journal-remote.service is a system service that uses systemd-journal-remote to
       listen for connections.  systemd-journal-remote.socket configures the network address that
       systemd-journal-remote.service listens on. By default this is port 19532. What connections
       are accepted and how the received data is stored can be configured through the journal-
       remote.conf(5) configuration file.

SOURCES

Sources can be either "active" (systemd-journal-remote requests and pulls the data), or
"passive" (systemd-journal-remote waits for a connection and then receives events pushed
by the other side).

systemd-journal-remote can read more than one event stream at a time. They will be
interleaved in the output file. In case of "active" connections, each "source" is one
stream, and in case of "passive" connections, each connection can result in a separate
stream. Sockets can be configured in "accept" mode (i.e. only one connection), or "listen"
mode (i.e. multiple connections, each resulting in a stream).

When there are no more connections, and no more can be created (there are no listening
sockets), then systemd-journal-remote will exit.

Active sources can be specified in the following ways:

[SOURCES...]
When - is given as a positional argument, events will be read from standard input.
Other positional arguments will be treated as filenames to open and read from.

--url=ADDRESS
With the --url=ADDRESS option, events will be retrieved using HTTP from ADDRESS. This
URL should refer to the root of a remote systemd-journal-gatewayd(8) instance, e.g.
http://some.host:19531/ or https://some.host:19531/.

--getter='PROG [OPTIONS...]'
Program to invoke to retrieve data. The journal event stream must be generated on
standard output.

Examples:

--getter='curl "-HAccept: application/vnd.fdo.journal" https://some.host:19531/'

--getter='wget --header="Accept: application/vnd.fdo.journal" -O- https://some.host:19531/'

Passive sources can be specified in the following ways:

--listen-raw=ADDRESS
ADDRESS must be an address suitable for ListenStream= (cf. systemd.socket(5)).
systemd-journal-remote will listen on this socket for connections. Each connection is
expected to be a stream of journal events.

--listen-http=ADDRESS, --listen-https=ADDRESS
ADDRESS must be either a negative integer, in which case it will be interpreted as the
(negated) file descriptor number, or an address suitable for ListenStream= (c.f.
systemd.socket(5)). In the first case, the server listens on port 19532 by default,
and the matching file descriptor must be inherited through $LISTEN_FDS/$LISTEN_PID. In
the second case, an HTTP or HTTPS server will be spawned on this port, respectively
for --listen-http= and --listen-https=. Currently, only POST requests to /upload with
"Content-Type: application/vnd.fdo.journal" are supported.

$LISTEN_FDS
systemd-journal-remote supports the $LISTEN_FDS/$LISTEN_PID protocol. Open sockets
inherited through socket activation behave like those opened with --listen-raw=
described above, unless they are specified as an argument in --listen-http=-n or
--listen-https=-n above. In the latter case, an HTTP or HTTPS server will be spawned
using this descriptor and connections must be made over the HTTP protocol.

--key=
Takes a path to a SSL key file in PEM format. Defaults to
/etc/ssl/private/journal-remote.pem. This option can be used with --listen-https=.

--cert=
Takes a path to a SSL certificate file in PEM format. Defaults to
/etc/ssl/certs/journal-remote.pem. This option can be used with --listen-https=.

--trust=
Takes a path to a SSL CA certificate file in PEM format, or all. If all is set, then
certificate checking will be disabled. Defaults to /etc/ssl/ca/trusted.pem. This
option can be used with --listen-https=.

--gnutls-log=
Takes a comma separated list of gnutls logging categories. This option can be used
with --listen-http= or --listen-https=.

SINKS

       The location of the output journal can be specified with -o or --output=.

       --output=FILE
           Will write to this journal file. The filename must end with .journal. The file will be
           created if it does not exist. If necessary (journal file full, or corrupted), the file
           will be renamed following normal journald rules and a new journal file will be created
           in its stead.

       --output=DIR
           Will create journal files underneath directory DIR. The directory must exist. If
           necessary (journal files over size, or corrupted), journal files will be rotated
           following normal journald rules. Names of files underneath DIR will be generated using
           the rules described below.

       If --output= is not used, the output directory /var/log/journal/remote/ will be used. In
       case the output file is not specified, journal files will be created underneath the
       selected directory. Files will be called remote-hostname.journal, where the hostname part
       is the escaped hostname of the source endpoint of the connection, or the numerical address
       if the hostname cannot be determined.

       In the case that "active" sources are given by the positional arguments or --getter=
       option, the output file name must always be given explicitly.

OPTIONS

       The following options are understood:

       --split-mode
           One of none or host. For the first, only one output journal file is used. For the
           latter, a separate output file is used, based on the hostname of the other endpoint of
           a connection.

           In the case that "active" sources are given by the positional arguments or --getter=
           option, the output file name must always be given explicitly and only none is allowed.

       --compress [BOOL]
           If this is set to "yes" then compress the data in the journal using XZ. The default is
           "yes".

       --seal [BOOL]
           If this is set to "yes" then periodically sign the data in the journal using Forward
           Secure Sealing. The default is "no".

       -h, --help
           Print a short help text and exit.

       --version
           Print a short version string and exit.

EXAMPLES

       Copy local journal events to a different journal directory:

           journalctl -o export | systemd-journal-remote -o /tmp/dir/foo.journal -

       Retrieve all available events from a remote systemd-journal-gatewayd(8) instance and store
       them in /var/log/journal/remote/remote-some.host.journal:

           systemd-journal-remote --url http://some.host:19531/

       Retrieve current boot events and wait for new events from a remote systemd-journal-
       gatewayd(8) instance, and store them in /var/log/journal/remote/remote-some.host.journal:

           systemd-journal-remote --url http://some.host:19531/entries?boot&follow

NOTES

        1. Journal Export Format
           https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/export