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Version: v1.1

Journald

This module allows CrowdSec to acquire logs from journalctl files in one-shot and streaming mode.

Configuration example

To monitor SSH logs from journald:

source: journalctl
journalctl_filter:
- "_SYSTEMD_UNIT=ssh.service"
labels:
type: journald

Parameters

journalctl_filter

A list of journalctl filters. This is mandatory.

source

Must be journalctl

DSN and command-line

This module supports acquisition directly from the command line, to read journalctl logs in one shot.

A 'pseudo DSN' must be provided:

crowdsec -type syslog -dsn journalctl://filters=_SYSTEMD_UNIT=ssh.service&filters=_UID=42

You can specify the log_level parameter to change the log level for the acquisition :

crowdsec -type syslog -dsn journalctl://filters=MY_FILTER&filters=MY_OTHER_FILTER&log_level=debug