# Can journalbeat monitor journal entries from remote machines?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-journalbeat-monitor-journal-entries-from-remote-machines/90686>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [June 23, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-journalbeat-monitor-journal-entries-from-remote-machines/90686 "2017-06-23T21:35:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![holt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9fc29f/32.png) [@holt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/holt)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-journalbeat-monitor-journal-entries-from-remote-machines/90686/1 "2017-06-23T21:35:50Z")

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Want to have multiple machines using systemd-journal-remote feeding a single machine running systemd-journal-remote, then have journalbeat running on that single machine. (An alternative to running journalbeat on the remote machines).

Will journalbeat pick up those remote machines's journal uploads?

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![holt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9fc29f/32.png) [@holt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/holt)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 3:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-journalbeat-monitor-journal-entries-from-remote-machines/90686/2 "2017-06-26T15:04:24Z")

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Figured it out. Required change in journalbeat source (journalbeat.go) to open the journal using sdjournal.NewJournalFromDir.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 4:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-journalbeat-monitor-journal-entries-from-remote-machines/90686/3 "2022-11-04T04:50:46Z")

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