[Xymon] journalctl log monitoring

[Robert Schetterer]

Am 01.12.2015 um 22:35 schrieb 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
> 
> ============================
> 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.
> ============================

This i widly known , but i think that is/will be not default in many distros
so having native journalctl log monitoring will be very usefull in any case

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Best Regards
MfG Robert Schetterer

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