# Can't get journal beat docker image working on CoreOS

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-get-journal-beat-docker-image-working-on-coreos/177533>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** docker, journalbeat\
**Created:** [April 18, 2019, 7:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-get-journal-beat-docker-image-working-on-coreos/177533 "2019-04-18T19:31:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![arlen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@arlen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arlen)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 7:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-get-journal-beat-docker-image-working-on-coreos/177533/1 "2019-04-18T19:31:16Z")

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We can start from the top, the doc page is inoperable. Example:

> Download this example configuration file as a starting point:
> 
> `curl -L -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elastic/beats/6.7/deploy/docker/journalbeat.docker.yml`

The curl command results in a 404

Leaving that aside, connecting /var/log/journal to the host file results in

`Error while reading event: failed to get realtime timestamp: 99	{"id": "5796adca-f1ee-42d2-a5d0-8ad5c8f92a7d"}`

Anybody out there actually succeed in getting the journalbeat 6.7.1 container actually working?

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**Author:** ![Henry78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df705f/32.png) [@Henry78](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Henry78)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 10:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-get-journal-beat-docker-image-working-on-coreos/177533/2 "2019-04-25T10:21:23Z")

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~~I get the exact same error when installing journalbeat on CentOS Host (not container).  
journalbeat: 7.0.0  
CentOS: 7.5.1810  
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> <https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/11933>

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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, 7:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-get-journal-beat-docker-image-working-on-coreos/177533/3 "2022-11-04T07:04:26Z")

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