# \#journalbeat **URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/tag/journalbeat/53.md [Latest](https://discuss.elastic.co/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discuss.elastic.co/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discuss.elastic.co/tags.md) --- ## [Filebeat Bug: journal remote directory unhandled](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-bug-journal-remote-directory-unhandled/384467)
**Author:** [@log1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/log1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2026, 12:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-bug-journal-remote-directory-unhandled/384467 "2026-01-11T00:17:48Z")
Filebeat version: 8.19.9 OS: Debian 13 Documentation here Journald input | Beats, states: For example, this configuration will ingest all journals and correctly handle the journald rotation: - type: journald id: jo… --- ## [Parse Elasticsearch json logs in filebeat](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parse-elasticsearch-json-logs-in-filebeat/322533)
**Author:** [@qwinkler](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/qwinkler)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parse-elasticsearch-json-logs-in-filebeat/322533 "2023-01-13T14:20:29Z")
Hello. I want to properly collect Elasticsearch logs. I have the following architecture. On the Linux node, I have Docker installed. I configured the Journald logging driver using official documentation (Journald loggin… --- ## [Seccomp default policy is missing clock\_nanosleep](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/seccomp-default-policy-is-missing-clock-nanosleep/319637)
**Author:** [@izaneuski](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/izaneuski)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2022, 1:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/seccomp-default-policy-is-missing-clock-nanosleep/319637 "2022-11-23T13:03:27Z")
On some ubuntu hosts I'm facing high CPU consumption by auditbeat(7.16.3&8.5.1) and journalbeat(7.15.2) with default config. During investigation with strace found out: clock\_nanosleep(CLOCK\_REALTIME, 0, {tv\_sec=0, tv\_… --- ## [Parsing SSSD logs fails](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parsing-sssd-logs-fails/312873)
**Author:** [@anon90868141](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anon90868141)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2022, 7:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parsing-sssd-logs-fails/312873 "2022-08-30T07:05:04Z")
Hello, there seems to be a bug with filebeat when collecting SSSD logs. If there's no process id, the field in the logfile gets filled with the domain stated in the launch options with --domain. Afaik, pid is type long … --- ## [Filebeat journald input failing to open a handle to the library](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-journald-input-failing-to-open-a-handle-to-the-library/307505)
**Author:** [@Marko\_Todoric](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marko_Todoric)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2022, 9:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-journald-input-failing-to-open-a-handle-to-the-library/307505 "2022-06-18T09:07:16Z")
Hello everyone, i just managed to compile filebeat to work on armv7 with journald input (regular filestream works just fine) however when starting filebeat i get a following error message, filebeat keeps on running but … --- ## [Unable to use of beats (here journalbeat) with AWS ElasticSearch 7.10](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-use-of-beats-here-journalbeat-with-aws-elasticsearch-7-10/301062)
**Author:** [@obourdon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/obourdon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2022, 6:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-use-of-beats-here-journalbeat-with-aws-elasticsearch-7-10/301062 "2022-04-18T06:58:54Z")
Reopening this as my previous entry was closed for what I consider as a wrong reason not leading to any helpful answer/solution As detailed in Unable to use of beats (here journalbeat) with AWS ElasticSearch 7.x · Issu… --- ## [Unable to use of beats (here journalbeat) with AWS ElasticSearch 7.x](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-use-of-beats-here-journalbeat-with-aws-elasticsearch-7-x/298506)
**Author:** [@obourdon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/obourdon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2022, 12:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-use-of-beats-here-journalbeat-with-aws-elasticsearch-7-x/298506 "2022-03-01T12:24:11Z")
As detailed in https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/30192 I used to have a perfectly working AWS ES 6.8 + journalbeat OSS 7.12.1 setup I also know about the breaking change of beats 7.13.0 which prevented me from up… --- ## [Journalbeat is being stuck](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-is-being-stuck/295312)
**Author:** [@qwinkler](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/qwinkler)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2022, 10:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-is-being-stuck/295312 "2022-01-28T10:33:36Z")
Journalbeat stuck for an unknown reason. Also, this only happens on the nodes with more logs than on the other ones. There are around 5 logs per second (which I don't think is a big load), but still. Here is an actual b… --- ## [Journalbeat can't create an alias and fails to work](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-cant-create-an-alias-and-fails-to-work/201875)
**Author:** [@jerrac](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jerrac)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-cant-create-an-alias-and-fails-to-work/201875 "2021-12-21T17:09:29Z")
Journalbeat is having issues getting started. It seems like it fails to create an alias? journalctl -l --follow -u journalbeat eventually spits this out: Oct 01 15:33:43 hostname journalbeat\[30589\]: 2019-10-01T15:33:43… --- ## [Where I can find Journalbeat in Kibana?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-i-can-find-journalbeat-in-kibana/284544)
**Author:** [@abhi.logs](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/abhi.logs)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-i-can-find-journalbeat-in-kibana/284544 "2021-09-21T21:34:38Z")
Hello, I'm trying to identify journalbeat in Kibana. Where I'll get journalbeat information in Kibana dashboard? Can anyone help me ? --- ## [Log kernel messages](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/log-kernel-messages/283593)
**Author:** [@jmcclelland](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jmcclelland)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/log-kernel-messages/283593 "2021-09-08T01:21:17Z")
In my journalbeat.yml file I'm using include\_matches under journalbeat.inputs to restrict the logs shipped to elasticsearch by systemd.units. But... how do I also include the output I get via journalctl -k (kernel messag… --- ## [Journalbeat and logfiles](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-and-logfiles/281013)
**Author:** [@colttt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/colttt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2021, 7:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-and-logfiles/281013 "2021-08-18T07:42:30Z")
Hello short question, is it possible that journalbeat also read normal logfiles (like from nginx/apache) or does it read just journald? And if yes, have I to pay attention to something? thanks in advanced! --- ## [Journalbeat - getting kubernetes metadata](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-getting-kubernetes-metadata/279456)
**Author:** [@DetlefG](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DetlefG)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-getting-kubernetes-metadata/279456 "2021-07-29T13:35:45Z")
Hi, I'm trying to run Journalbeat with processor 'add\_kubernetes\_metadata' to get the metadata of the kubernetes cluster. Journalbeat is running on the kubernetes nodes started by a daemonset with the following configu… --- ## [Journalbeats - Error Creating Reader for Local Journal](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeats-error-creating-reader-for-local-journal/273064)
**Author:** [@Jimbuctoo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jimbuctoo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2021, 8:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeats-error-creating-reader-for-local-journal/273064 "2021-06-03T20:32:03Z")
I am working on an issue with Journalbeats v7.9.2 where I am unable to get the service to start after the initial Journalbeats install. I am working in a number of Linux environments and the same version of Journalbeats … --- ## [Error: Exiting: error creating reader for journal: failed to open journal file](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-exiting-error-creating-reader-for-journal-failed-to-open-journal-file/218318)
**Author:** [@irobot678](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/irobot678)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 9:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-exiting-error-creating-reader-for-journal-failed-to-open-journal-file/218318 "2021-05-12T21:50:03Z")
Hi, i am using Elasticstack of version 7.1.1 with x-pack installed. I am trying to run journaldbeat 7.1.1 on my system but its showing the following error 2020-02-07T15:42:10.886+0530 INFO instance/beat.go:280 Setup B… --- ## [Include user.name field in journalbeat](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/include-user-name-field-in-journalbeat/270668)
**Author:** [@Nicoske](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nicoske)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 7:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/include-user-name-field-in-journalbeat/270668 "2021-04-20T07:39:27Z")
Hi! I have a quite minimalist journalbeat config pushing my journal to elasticsearch but I'm missing the user.name field (I have user.id). I see that it is disabled by default in the reference, but in my index settings … --- ## [Running journalbeat as non-privileged user](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-journalbeat-as-non-privileged-user/260552)
**Author:** [@jmcclelland](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jmcclelland)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2021, 2:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-journalbeat-as-non-privileged-user/260552 "2021-01-08T14:04:56Z")
Hi all - I am sharing this for anyone else interested in running journalbeat as a non-root user. I'm grateful for the attention to security of the elasticsearch team but I think the solar winds compromise is making us al… --- ## [Journalbeat no connection event](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-no-connection-event/259633)
**Author:** [@Catherine](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Catherine)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2020, 12:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-no-connection-event/259633 "2020-12-25T12:46:17Z")
Hello I have a problem with no attempt to connect from journalbeat to logstash, even no errors (nothing at all). How to troubleshoot this problem? 2020-12-25T12:38:28.195Z INFO instance/beat.go:299 Setup … --- ## [Systemd version conflict / bug on journalbeat](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/systemd-version-conflict-bug-on-journalbeat/259569)
**Author:** [@DenizParlak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DenizParlak)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2020, 9:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/systemd-version-conflict-bug-on-journalbeat/259569 "2020-12-24T09:06:16Z")
Hi all, Our journalbeat deployed on the Kubernetes cluster and stopped shipping logs to the elasticsearch via logstash suddenly. We got this error message first: /var/log/journal/ec28d502b342fad1a4d44d3a101845cf/system… --- ## [JournalBeat Stopped Shipping Logs](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-stopped-shipping-logs/259195)
**Author:** [@vamshisiddarth](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vamshisiddarth)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 10:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-stopped-shipping-logs/259195 "2020-12-21T10:22:22Z")
JournalBeat stopped shipping logs on all environments for us from 19th Dec, 2020. We configured our beats services to ship logs from aws instance to elasticsearch through logstash. Our filebeat and metricbeat logs are be… --- ## [Journalbeat -multiline](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-multiline/251013)
**Author:** [@sidhesh\_kumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sidhesh_kumar)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-multiline/251013 "2020-10-05T15:04:20Z")
Hi.. Is there multiline support avaialble for journalbeat . I am using 7.9 --- ## [Journalbeat: Environment variable in config crashes service](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-environment-variable-in-config-crashes-service/249091)
**Author:** [@alpi-ua](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alpi-ua)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-environment-variable-in-config-crashes-service/249091 "2020-09-20T21:20:31Z")
Hello. Please, help with the issue. Following this reference, I've added following to my config: fields\_under\_root: true fields: hwkey: ${HWKEY} And after restarting the service, constantly receiving: systemctl r… --- ## [Journalbeat does not support globbing?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-does-not-support-globbing/248666)
**Author:** [@kbaf](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kbaf)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2020, 11:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-does-not-support-globbing/248666 "2020-09-15T11:28:29Z")
I have several directories with different journals I'd like to collect with globbing: - paths: - "/var/log/journal" - "/openstack/log/\*/journal/\*/system.journal" This is documented behaviour for filebea… --- ## [Journalbeat message format](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-message-format/247289)
**Author:** [@cartesian-theatrics](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cartesian-theatrics)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2020, 1:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-message-format/247289 "2020-09-03T13:15:43Z")
Hello, I'm looking for documentation on the journalbeat message format? I need to understand what I can about the format in order to understand the tradeoffs related to batching. Thanks, John --- ## [Journalbeat can't open a log file](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-cant-open-a-log-file/246116)
**Author:** [@DenProg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DenProg)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 10:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-cant-open-a-log-file/246116 "2020-08-25T10:42:50Z")
Hi. I describe specific log file in the config as it's written in the docs: journalbeat.inputs: - paths: - "/var/log/syslog" This file is present, but Journalbeat can't open it for some reason: авг 24 15:53:29 com… --- ## [So seriously, what permissions do beats need?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/so-seriously-what-permissions-do-beats-need/238958)
**Author:** [@sej7278](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sej7278)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2020, 10:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/so-seriously-what-permissions-do-beats-need/238958 "2020-06-30T10:31:42Z")
So contrary to the docs even this lot doesn't work: POST /\_security/api\_key { "name": "{beat\_default\_index\_prefix}\_localhost", "role\_descriptors": { "{beat\_default\_index\_prefix}\_writer": { "cluster": \["mon… --- ## [Journalbeat container.image output incompatible with ECS](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-container-image-output-incompatible-with-ecs/236475)
**Author:** [@bbailey](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bbailey)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 1:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-container-image-output-incompatible-with-ecs/236475 "2020-06-26T13:31:46Z")
Using Journalbeat, logstash and elasticsearch version 7.6.0 we are getting bulk indexing errors due to an incompatibility with the ECS schema Journalbeat appears to be outputting container.image as a concrete value wher… --- ## [Journalbeat exits with success](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-exits-with-success/236988)
**Author:** [@chrissound](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chrissound)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 10:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-exits-with-success/236988 "2020-06-16T10:11:09Z")
\[root@XenonKiloCranberry:~\]# /nix/store/lfcgbj5s5iwd4fa6dcs2lmrkryy03a9s-journalbeat-6.8.3-bin/bin/journalbeat -c /nix/store/9g135rj3vz502l03iy08567nyl22iirm-journalbeat.yml -path.data /var/lib/journalbeat/data -path.log… --- ## [Journalbeat processor logical operators fail with expanded notation](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-processor-logical-operators-fail-with-expanded-notation/233813)
**Author:** [@Disconn3ct](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Disconn3ct)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2020, 11:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-processor-logical-operators-fail-with-expanded-notation/233813 "2020-06-03T23:54:48Z")
Version: 7.6.1 Operating System: Ubuntu 16.04 Creating a journalbeat configuration using logical operators according to the documentation causes failures: processors: - drop\_event: when: or: … --- ## [Can't setup kibana dashboards](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-setup-kibana-dashboards/225286)
**Author:** [@chimeno](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chimeno)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-setup-kibana-dashboards/225286 "2020-06-01T22:16:45Z")
Debian 10 journalbeat 7.6.1 installed with apt when configured with: setup.dashboards.enabled: true journalbeat says: Error importing Kibana dashboards: fail to import the dashboards in Kibana: Error importing dire… [Next page](https://discuss.elastic.co/tag/journalbeat/53.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=journalbeat)