# Central Journal Server ( `systemd-journal-remote`)

The `systemd-journal-remote` daemon allows you to collect Journal logs from multiple other source Journal instances.

## Journal Remote (server)

To start [`systemd-journal-remote`](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/systemd-journal-remote.service.html) needs

```
journal::remote::enable: true
```

The default configuration for the directory setup where the received log is saved is
```
journal::remote::directory: '/var/log/journal/remote'
journal::remote::directory::owner: 'systemd-journal-remote'
journal::remote::directory::group: 'systemd-journal-remote'
```

For transport per default `http` is used, but this can also be changed to `https`:

```
journal::remote::https::enable: true
journal::remote::https::key: ...
journal::remote::https::cert: ...
journal::remote::https::ca_chain: ...
```

## Journal Upload (client)

On the client side the service is called [`systemd-journal-upload`](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/systemd-journal-upload.service.html) and it is configured with

```
journal::upload::enable: true
journal::upload::url: ...
```

Then there are some certificate options if required:

```
journal::upload::client_key: ...
journal::upload::client_cert: ...
journal::upload::server_ca: ...
```