[collectd] any way to use tail plugin on systemd journal data?

[Ruben Kerkhof]

On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 7:45 PM, Łukasz Michalski <lm at zork.pl> wrote:
> Hi,

Hi Łukasz
>
> Is there any way to use tail plugin on systemd journal data directly?

I'm afraid not, journald data is a binary format.

> Or is
> there any other plugin that can scan systemd journal data?

None that I know of.

> I know that I can install syslog but I do not like idea writing log data in
> two locations.
>
> Regards,
> Łukasz

Kind regards,

Ruben