Setting up remote logging with journald
Sometimes, it's handy to set up a central log collection server and have all the other machines on the network send their log files to it.
As I've already said, journald
remote logging is still in a proof-of-concept phase and isn't considered ready for production use. Also, most third-party log-aggregation utilities are still set up to use plaintext rsyslog
files. So, if you have remote logging on your site or if you need to set up remote logging, you'll most likely use rsyslog
.
However, I do realize that some of you might be interested in playing around with a remote journald
logging setup. If that's the case, I'd like to direct your attention to the procedure that's linked in the Further reading section. However, be aware that you'll need to install security certificates on the journald
log server and all of the clients. This procedure has you install certificates from Let's Encrypt, which...