# Read journald

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/read-journald/125899>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [March 28, 2018, 9:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/read-journald/125899 "2018-03-28T09:45:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![flochon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e19b73/32.png) [@flochon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/flochon)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 9:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/read-journald/125899/1 "2018-03-28T09:45:18Z")

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I have logs in journald and I would like reading them. I know Filebeat can't read directly them so how to do ?

I don't want to use journalbeat. Is there an other option ?

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**Author:** ![kvch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kvch/32/72058_2.png) [@kvch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kvch)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 12:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/read-journald/125899/2 "2018-03-28T12:28:13Z")

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Unfortunately, Journalbeat is the only Beat which supports reading from Journald. However, there has been some effort to support Journald from Filebeat. However, it is not ready yet and we do not know whet it is going to be released.

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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:** [April 25, 2018, 12:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/read-journald/125899/3 "2018-04-25T12:28:22Z")

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