# Journald integration not working

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journald-integration-not-working/374886
**Category:** Elastic Observability
**Created:** [February 22, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journald-integration-not-working/374886 "2025-02-22T19:14:28Z")
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### Author: ![Journald-user](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e57/32.png) [@Journald-user](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Journald-user)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journald-integration-not-working/374886/1 "2025-02-22T19:14:28Z")

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Elastic Agent version: elastic-agent-8.17.2  
OS: 24.04  
Integration: journald-1.1.2

I am installing this on my machine with the default settings for everything, but nothing comes through when I try to explore the logs on Kibana.

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### Author: ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journald-integration-not-working/374886/2 "2025-02-23T14:35:12Z")

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Hi @Journald-user Welcome to the community.

Not enough information to debug.

Assume you read the [docs](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/integrations/current/journald.html)

What is your integration configuration? Please share.

Did you run the debug command and the host where the agent is running.

> **[Elastic Agent command reference | Fleet and Elastic Agent Guide \[8.17\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/fleet/current/elastic-agent-cmd-options.html#elastic-agent-inspect-command)**

```auto
elastic-agent status 
elastic-agent inspect
elastic-agent logs

```

What if any errors?

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### Author: ![Journald-user](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e57/32.png) [@Journald-user](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Journald-user)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2025, 1:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journald-integration-not-working/374886/3 "2025-02-24T01:00:34Z")

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Just waiting for a while fixed it actually. This can be considered solved.
