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Systemd / Journald
Configure Systemd to ship logs to highlight.
1
Install OpenTelemetry Collector Contrib locally
See here for instructions on installing the collector. We assume that systemd/systemctl are already set up. Check out the following OpenTelemetry journald receiver docs that provide additional guidance on installation.
2
Define your OpenTelemetry configuration.
Setup the Contrib OpenTelemetry collector. Check out our example here. Make sure that the journald directory is correct for your systemd/systemctl setup.
receivers:
journald:
directory: /var/log/journal
exporters:
logging:
sampling_initial: 10
sampling_thereafter: 1000
otlp/highlight:
endpoint: 'https://otel.highlight.io:4317'
processors:
attributes/highlight-project:
actions:
- key: highlight.project_id
value: '<YOUR_PROJECT_ID>'
action: insert
batch:
service:
pipelines:
logs:
receivers: [journald]
processors: [attributes/highlight-project, batch]
exporters: [otlp/highlight, logging]
3
Run the collector
Run the OpenTelemetry collector to start streaming the logs to highlight.
./otelcol-contrib --config=config.yaml4
Verify your backend logs are being recorded.
Visit the highlight logs portal and check that backend logs are coming in.