aws / aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent
Please make it possible to read from the Systemd journal.
- Dominant language
- Go
- Stars
- 550
- Forks
- 271
- Avg merge
- 1d 21h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 13
Description
Currently, the only way to get logging information out of Systemd services is to port the information to (r)syslog or use something like [Datadog's Vector product](https://vector.dev/blog/datadog-acquisition/). However, it would be great if we could reference Systemd journal just like we do with log files.
I propose that you add a new "logs" section named, `systemd`, as an addition to the existing `files` and `windows_events` sections.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reviewing how the existing `files` and `windows_events` log sections are represented and processed. Define the scope of the proposed `systemd` logs section, including how it should read the Systemd journal and behave like file-based logs; done when the agent can collect and export those entries.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go, linux
- Domain
- observability-sre, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100