<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*--> <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"> <!-- This file is part of systemd. Copyright 2012 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. --> <refentry id="systemd-journal-gatewayd.service" conditional='HAVE_MICROHTTPD' xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"> <refentryinfo> <title>systemd-journal-gatewayd.service</title> <productname>systemd</productname> <authorgroup> <author> <contrib>Developer</contrib> <firstname>Zbigniew</firstname> <surname>Jędrzejewski-Szmek</surname> <email>zbyszek@in.waw.pl</email> </author> </authorgroup> </refentryinfo> <refmeta> <refentrytitle>systemd-journal-gatewayd.service</refentrytitle> <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> </refmeta> <refnamediv> <refname>systemd-journal-gatewayd.service</refname> <refname>systemd-journal-gatewayd.socket</refname> <refname>systemd-journal-gatewayd</refname> <refpurpose>HTTP server for journal events</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsynopsisdiv> <para><filename>systemd-journal-gatewayd.service</filename></para> <para><filename>systemd-journal-gatewayd.socket</filename></para> <cmdsynopsis> <command>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-journal-gatewayd</command> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> </cmdsynopsis> </refsynopsisdiv> <refsect1> <title>Description</title> <para><command>systemd-journal-gatewayd</command> serves journal events over the network. Clients must connect using HTTP. The server listens on port 19531 by default. If <option>--cert=</option> is specified, the server expects HTTPS connections.</para> <para>The program is started by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> and expects to receive a single socket. Use <command>systemctl start systemd-journal-gatewayd.socket</command> to start the service, and <command>systemctl enable systemd-journal-gatewayd.socket</command> to have it started on boot.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>Options</title> <para>The following options are understood:</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><option>--cert=</option></term> <listitem><para>Specify the path to a file containing a server certificate in PEM format. This option switches <command>systemd-journal-gatewayd</command> into HTTPS mode and must be used together with <option>--key=</option>.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>--key=</option></term> <listitem><para>Specify the path to a file containing a server key in PEM format corresponding to the certificate specified with <option>--cert=</option>.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" /> <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" /> </variablelist> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>Supported URLs</title> <para>The following URLs are recognized:</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><uri>/browse</uri></term> <listitem><para>Interactive browsing.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><uri>/entries[?option1&option2=value...]</uri></term> <listitem><para>Retrieval of events in various formats.</para> <para>The <option>Accept:</option> part of the HTTP header determines the format. Supported values are described below. </para> <para>The <option>Range:</option> part of the HTTP header determines the range of events returned. Supported values are described below. </para> <para>GET parameters can be used to modify what events are returned. Supported parameters are described below.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><uri>/machine</uri></term> <listitem><para>Return a JSON structure describing the machine.</para> <para>Example: <programlisting>{ "machine_id" : "8cf7ed9d451ea194b77a9f118f3dc446", "boot_id" : "3d3c9efaf556496a9b04259ee35df7f7", "hostname" : "fedora", "os_pretty_name" : "Fedora 19 (Rawhide)", "virtualization" : "kvm", ...}</programlisting> </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><uri>/fields/<replaceable>FIELD_NAME</replaceable></uri></term> <listitem><para>Return a list of values of this field present in the logs.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>Accept header</title> <para> <option>Accept: <replaceable>format</replaceable></option> </para> <para>Recognized formats:</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><constant>text/plain</constant></term> <listitem><para>The default. Plaintext syslog-like output, one line per journal entry (like <command>journalctl --output short</command>).</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><constant>application/json</constant></term> <listitem><para>Entries are formatted as JSON data structures, one per line (like <command>journalctl --output json</command>). See <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/json">Journal JSON Format</ulink> for more information.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><constant>application/event-stream</constant></term> <listitem><para>Entries are formatted as JSON data structures, wrapped in a format suitable for <ulink url="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Server-sent_events/Using_server-sent_events"> Server-Sent Events</ulink> (like <command>journalctl --output json-sse</command>). </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><constant>application/vnd.fdo.journal</constant></term> <listitem><para>Entries are serialized into a binary (but mostly text-based) stream suitable for backups and network transfer (like <command>journalctl --output export</command>). See <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/export">Journal Export Format</ulink> for more information.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>Range header</title> <para> <option>Range: entries=<replaceable>cursor</replaceable>[[:<replaceable>num_skip</replaceable>]:<replaceable>num_entries</replaceable>]</option> </para> <para>where <option>cursor</option> is a cursor string, <option>num_skip</option> is an integer, <option>num_entries</option> is an unsigned integer. </para> <para>Range defaults to all available events.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>URL GET parameters</title> <para>Following parameters can be used as part of the URL:</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><uri>follow</uri></term> <listitem><para>wait for new events (like <command>journalctl --follow</command>, except that the number of events returned is not limited).</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><uri>discrete</uri></term> <listitem><para>Test that the specified cursor refers to an entry in the journal. Returns just this entry.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><uri>boot</uri></term> <listitem><para>Limit events to the current boot of the system (like <command>journalctl --this--boot</command>).</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><uri><replaceable>KEY</replaceable>=<replaceable>match</replaceable></uri></term> <listitem><para>Match journal fields. See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.journal-fields</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>Examples</title> <para>Retrieve events from this boot from local journal in <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/export">Journal Export Format</ulink>: <programlisting>curl --silent -H'Accept: application/vnd.fdo.journal' \ 'http://localhost:19531/entries?boot'</programlisting> </para> <para>Listen for core dumps: <programlisting>curl 'http://localhost:19531/entries?follow&MESSAGE_ID=fc2e22bc6ee647b6b90729ab34a250b1'</programlisting></para> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>See Also</title> <para> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-journald.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.journal-fields</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>, </para> </refsect1> </refentry>