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Tracking systemd log (journal) and send them to discord or slack.

• Choose sending by Discord Bot, sending by discord webhook or slack incoming webhook in the config file.
• All journalctl command arguments can be set.

• Java 16+
• One of the following
  • Valid Discord Bot Token and Discord Channel ID
  • Valid Discord Webhook URL
  • Valid Slack Incoming Message Webhook URL

1. Go to Release page.
2. Download latest version or any older version
3. First start it using java -jar SystemdLogTracker.jar etc.
4. A configuration file is generated. Check and edit the Configuration below.
5. Please start again after editing.
6. (if necessary) Let's register with Systemd etc. Check Register with Systemd below.

Run the following command:

java -jar SystemdLogTracker.jar [Config file path]

[Config file path] can specify the path of the config file. For example: java -jar SystemdLogTracker.jar Tester.json
If not specified, config.json is used.

The default config file is config.json. But, the config file path can be changed by the argument when executing jar.

{
  "discordWebhookUrl": "https://discord.com/api/webhooks/00000000000000/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
  "arguments": "-a -o cat -f -n 0 -u sshd"
}

Be sure to set discordToken and discordChannelId, discordWebhookUrl, or slackWebhookUrl.

Required when using Discord Bot.

Please specify a token for Discord Bot.

{
  "discordToken": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
}

Required when using Discord Bot.

Please specify the destination channel ID.

{
  "discordChannelId": "00000000000000"
}

Required when using Discord Webhook.

Please specify the URL of the Discord Webhook.

{
  "discordWebhookUrl": "https://discord.com/api/webhooks/00000000000000/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
}

Required when using Slack Incoming Webhook.

Please specify the URL of the Slack Webhook.

{
  "slackWebhookUrl": "https://hooks.slack.com/services/xxxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
}

It is an option, but it is recommended to set it.

Please specify argument of journalctl.
Default value: arguments=-a -o cat -f -n 0

{
  "arguments": "-a -o cat -f -n 0 -u sshd"
}

• Please be sure to specified the -f or --follow argument. If not specified, monitoring will fail.
• It is recommended to specify -a or --all. This shows everything even when output is very long.
• The argument -u or --unit=UNIT|PATTERN is very useful. This can specify a systemd service (unit).

Not required.

Please specify the interval milliseconds for processing the output.
Default value: 5000

{
  "sendInterval": 5000
}

Not required.

All messages are checked to see if they contain any of these strings. If there is a match, the message is discarded. Default value: empty

{
  "filteredWords": ["sshd", "[UFW ALLOW]"]
}

1. Create a service file under /etc/systemd/system/. For example: /etc/systemd/system/SystemdLogTracker.service

2. Open the file with your favorite editor and write the following:

   [Unit]
   Description=Systemd Log Tracker
   
   [Service]
   User=root
   Group=root
   ExecStart=<Command>
   Restart=always
   
   [Install]
   WantedBy=multi-user.target

   (For <Command> specify /usr/bin/java -jar /var/SystemdLogTracker/SystemdLogTracker.jar /var/SystemdLogTracker/Tester.json etc.)

3. After executing systemctl daemon-reload, start the service with systemctl start <ServiceName>. <ServiceName> is SystemdLogTracker if service file is SystemdLogTracker.service.

The license for this project is MIT License.
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