journal2awsd

Simple systemd-journal to cloudwatch logs daemon.

This was tested in:

• a local Arch Linux machine running systemd 243 (243.162-2-arch)
• Ubuntu EC2 machines running systemd 237

The process executes journalctl and sends to Cloudwatch logs events every 10 new lines.

Usage

$ journal2awsd -h
Usage of journal2awsd:
  -dry-run
    	Set if you want to output messages to console. Useful for testing.
  -group string
    	Specify the log group where you want to send the logs
  -size int
    	Specify the number of events to send to AWS Cloudwatch. (default 10)
  -stream string
    	Specify the log stream where you want to send the logs
  -version
    	Set if you want to see the version and exit.

Run as a service

Two systemd unit files are provided.

• Keep in mind that the binary journal2awsd must be available in the original PATH.
• Copy the journal2awsd.service unit file in the /etc/systemd/system/ directory.
• Run # systemctl daemon-reload
• Run # systemctl start journal2awsd.service
• Run # systemctl status journal2awsd.service