SDJOURNAL(1)                                                      SDJOURNAL(1)

NAME
       sdjournal - Provide an interface to capture systemd journal entries.

SYNOPSIS
       sdjournal [ --help ] [ --version ] [ --extcap-interfaces ]
       [ --extcap-dlts ] [ --extcap-interface=<interface> ]
       [ --extcap-config ] [ --capture ] [ --fifo=<path to file or pipe> ]
       [ --start-from=<entry count> ]

DESCRIPTION
       sdjournal is an extcap tool that allows one to capture systemd journal
       entries. It can be used to correlate system events with network
       traffic.

       Supported interfaces:

        1. sdjournal

OPTIONS
       --help
           Print program arguments.

       --version
           Print program version.

       --extcap-interfaces
           List available interfaces.

       --extcap-interface=<interface>
           Use specified interfaces.

       --extcap-dlts
           List DLTs of specified interface.

       --extcap-config
           List configuration options of specified interface.

       --capture
           Start capturing from specified interface and write raw packet data
           to the location specified by --fifo.

       --fifo=<path to file or pipe>
           Save captured packet to file or send it through pipe.

       --start-from=<entry count>

           Start from the last <entry count> entries, similar to the "-n" or
           "--lines" argument for the tail(1) command. Values prefixed with a
           + sign start from the beginning of the journal, otherwise the count
           starts from the end. The default value is 10. To include all
           entries use +0.

EXAMPLES
       To see program arguments:

           sdjournal --help

       To see program version:

           sdjournal --version

       To see interfaces:

           sdjournal --extcap-interfaces

       Only one interface (sdjournal) is supported.

       Example output

           interface {value=sdjournal}{display=systemd journal capture}

       To see interface DLTs:

           sdjournal --extcap-interface=sdjournal --extcap-dlts

       Example output

           dlt {number=147}{name=sdjournal}{display=USER0}

       To see interface configuration options:

           sdjournal --extcap-interface=sdjournal --extcap-config

       Example output

           arg {number=0}{call=--start-from}{display=Starting position}{type=string}
               {tooltip=The journal starting position. Values with a leading "+" start from the beginning, similar to the "tail" command}

       To capture:

           sdjournal --extcap-interface=sdjournal --fifo=/tmp/sdjournal.pcap --capture

       To capture all entries since the system was booted:

           sdjournal --extcap-interface=sdjournal --fifo=/tmp/sdjournal.pcap --capture --start-from +0

           Note

           To stop capturing CTRL+C/kill/terminate the application.

SEE ALSO
       wireshark(1), tshark(1), dumpcap(1), extcap(4), tcpdump(1)

NOTES
       sdjournal is part of the Wireshark distribution.  The latest version of
       Wireshark can be found at  <https://www.wireshark.org>.

       HTML versions of the Wireshark project man pages are available at
       <https://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages>.

AUTHORS
       Original Author
       Gerald Combs <gerald[AT]wireshark.org>

                                  2025-01-09                      SDJOURNAL(1)