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Version: v1.6.0

Journald

This module allows the Security Engine 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: syslog

Rather to specify each systemd service, you could also decide to acquire more informations from journald by referrencing a filter from _TRANSPORT

---
source: journalctl
journalctl_filter:
  - "_TRANSPORT=journal"
labels:
  type: syslog
---
source: journalctl
journalctl_filter:
  - "_TRANSPORT=syslog"
labels:
  type: syslog
---
source: journalctl
journalctl_filter:
  - "_TRANSPORT=stdout"
labels:
  type: syslog
---
source: journalctl
journalctl_filter:
  - "_TRANSPORT=kernel"
labels:
  type: syslog
---

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
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