<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*- Mode: nxml; nxml-child-indent: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*--> <!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 2014 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-upload" conditional='HAVE_MICROHTTPD' xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"> <refentryinfo> <title>systemd-journal-upload</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-upload</refentrytitle> <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> </refmeta> <refnamediv> <refname>systemd-journal-upload</refname> <refpurpose>Send journal messages over the network</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsynopsisdiv> <cmdsynopsis> <command>systemd-journal-upload</command> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> <arg choice="opt" rep="norepeat">-u/--url=<replaceable>URL</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">SOURCES</arg> </cmdsynopsis> </refsynopsisdiv> <refsect1> <title>Description</title> <para> <command>systemd-journal-upload</command> will upload journal entries to the URL specified with <option>--url</option>. Unless limited by one of the options specified below, all journal entries accessible to the user the program is running as will be uploaded, and then the program will wait and send new entries as they become available. </para> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>Options</title> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><option>-u</option></term> <term><option>--url=<optional>https://</optional><replaceable>URL</replaceable></option></term> <term><option>--url=<optional>http://</optional><replaceable>URL</replaceable></option></term> <listitem><para>Upload to the specified address. <replaceable>URL</replaceable> may specify either just the hostname or both the protocol and hostname. <constant>https</constant> is the default. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>--system</option></term> <term><option>--user</option></term> <listitem><para>Limit uploaded entries to entries from system services and the kernel, or to entries from services of current user. This has the same meaning as <option>--system</option> and <option>--user</option> options for <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>. If neither is specified, all accessible entries are uploaded. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>-m</option></term> <term><option>--merge</option></term> <listitem><para>Upload entries interleaved from all available journals, including other machines. This has the same meaning as <option>--merge</option> option for <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>-D</option></term> <term><option>--directory=<replaceable>DIR</replaceable></option></term> <listitem><para>Takes a directory path as argument. Upload entries from the specified journal directory <replaceable>DIR</replaceable> instead of the default runtime and system journal paths. This has the same meaning as <option>--directory</option> option for <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>--file=<replaceable>GLOB</replaceable></option></term> <listitem><para>Takes a file glob as an argument. Upload entries from the specified journal files matching <replaceable>GLOB</replaceable> instead of the default runtime and system journal paths. May be specified multiple times, in which case files will be suitably interleaved. This has the same meaning as <option>--file</option> option for <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>--cursor=</option></term> <listitem><para>Upload entries from the location in the journal specified by the passed cursor. This has the same meaning as <option>--cursor</option> option for <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>--after-cursor=</option></term> <listitem><para>Upload entries from the location in the journal <emphasis>after</emphasis> the location specified by the this cursor. This has the same meaning as <option>--after-cursor</option> option for <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>--save-state</option><optional>=<replaceable>PATH</replaceable></optional></term> <listitem><para>Upload entries from the location in the journal <emphasis>after</emphasis> the location specified by the cursor saved in file at <replaceable>PATH</replaceable> (<filename>/var/lib/systemd/journal-upload/state</filename> by default). After an entry is successfully uploaded, update this file with the cursor of that entry. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" /> <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" /> </variablelist> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>Exit status</title> <para>On success, 0 is returned; otherwise, a non-zero failure code is returned.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>Examples</title> <example> <title>Setting up certificates for authentication</title> <para>Certificates signed by a trusted authority are used to verify that the server to which messages are uploaded is legitimate, and vice versa, that the client is trusted.</para> <para>A suitable set of certificates can be generated with <command>openssl</command>:</para> <programlisting>openssl req -newkey rsa:2048 -days 3650 -x509 -nodes \ -out ca.pem -keyout ca.key -subj '/CN=Certificate authority/' cat >ca.conf <<EOF [ ca ] default_ca = this [ this ] new_certs_dir = . certificate = ca.pem database = ./index private_key = ca.key serial = ./serial default_days = 3650 default_md = default policy = policy_anything [ policy_anything ] countryName = optional stateOrProvinceName = optional localityName = optional organizationName = optional organizationalUnitName = optional commonName = supplied emailAddress = optional EOF touch index echo 0001 >serial SERVER=server CLIENT=client openssl req -newkey rsa:1024 -nodes -out $SERVER.csr -keyout $SERVER.key -subj "/CN=$SERVER/" openssl ca -batch -config ca.conf -notext -in $SERVER.csr -out $SERVER.pem openssl req -newkey rsa:1024 -nodes -out $CLIENT.csr -keyout $CLIENT.key -subj "/CN=$CLIENT/" openssl ca -batch -config ca.conf -notext -in $CLIENT.csr -out $CLIENT.pem </programlisting> <para>Generated files <filename>ca.pem</filename>, <filename>server.pem</filename>, and <filename>server.key</filename> should be installed on server, and <filename>ca.pem</filename>, <filename>client.pem</filename>, and <filename>client.key</filename> on the client. The location of those files can be specified using <varname>TrustedCertificateFile=</varname>, <varname>ServerCertificateFile=</varname>, <varname>ServerKeyFile=</varname>, in <filename>/etc/systemd/journal-remote.conf</filename> and <filename>/etc/systemd/journal-upload.conf</filename>, respectively. The default locations can be queried by using <command>systemd-journal-remote --help</command> and <command>systemd-journal-upload --help</command>.</para> </example> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>See Also</title> <para> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-journal-remote</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-journald.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-journal-gatewayd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> </para> </refsect1> </refentry>