[Xymon] journalctl log monitoring

[oliver]

On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 4:20 PM, J.C. Cleaver <cleaver at terabithia.org> wrote:
> The simplest way to integrate would be to alter the xymonclient.sh code to
> have journalctl dump log contents using the *cursor or --since options to
> a separate file, which logfetch reads and handles like a "normal" log file
> to scan, which we rename or symlink around as needed. This has the
> advantage of allowing use of all the existing client-local.cfg rules
> regarding triggers and ignoring. We then save the cursor and start there
> for next time.

journald.conf supports the ForwardToSyslog option

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Control whether log messages received by the journal daemon shall be
forwarded to a traditional syslog daemon, to the kernel log buffer
(kmsg), to the system console, or sent as wall messages to all
logged-in users.
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