Problem
Provide either documentation and or the ability for the weblog collector to collect logs from journald/systemd logs.
Description
Netdata documentation explains how to convert syslog logs such as, specifically, web server logs from a syslog implementation to one using journald/system logging:
https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/logs/log2journal/
However, in doing so with web logs one loses the nice out of the box metrics provided by the Netdata weblog collector:
https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/collecting-metrics/web-servers-and-proxies/web-server-log-files
N.B. I'm using the 'native' apache2 mod_journald module to output logs to journald. It is possible to output to both syslog and journald at the same time. This is a workaround but I consider it to be messy and a configuration that few would implement except as a workaround for this challenge with the Netdata weblog collector.
Importance
must have
Value proposition
- Given the increasing prevalence of systemd and journald it doesn't make sense to not support it as a log source.
- Given the focus on the Netdata AI agent it doesn't make sense to not invest in a crucially rich source of data.
Proposed implementation
No response
Problem
Provide either documentation and or the ability for the weblog collector to collect logs from journald/systemd logs.
Description
Netdata documentation explains how to convert syslog logs such as, specifically, web server logs from a syslog implementation to one using journald/system logging:
https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/logs/log2journal/
However, in doing so with web logs one loses the nice out of the box metrics provided by the Netdata weblog collector:
https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/collecting-metrics/web-servers-and-proxies/web-server-log-files
N.B. I'm using the 'native' apache2 mod_journald module to output logs to journald. It is possible to output to both syslog and journald at the same time. This is a workaround but I consider it to be messy and a configuration that few would implement except as a workaround for this challenge with the Netdata weblog collector.
Importance
must have
Value proposition
Proposed implementation
No response