[systemd-devel] journald does not support syslog?

[Michael Chapman]

On Sun, 6 Sep 2015, dE wrote:
> Hello all!
>
> As per the systemd-journald man page,
>
>> It creates and maintains
>>        structured, indexed journals based on logging information that is 
>> received from a variety of sources:
>> Simple system log messages, via the libc syslog(3) call
>
> Unfortunately I did not find any configuration parameter to make 
> systemd-journald listen on a unix/network socket for syslog messages, making 
> me high suspicious of this claim.
>
> So final question is -- How do you make journald listen for syslog messages 
> via syslog protocol?

See the systemd-journal-dev-log.socket unit on your system (it's mentioned 
in that manpage). This socket is passed to journald when it's started. The 
socket unit should be enabled and acive on any standard systemd 
installation.

- Michael