<title>Description</title>
<para><filename>systemd-journald</filename> is a
- system service that collects and stores logging
- data. It creates and maintains structured, indexed
- journals based on logging information that is received
- from the kernel, from user processes via the libc
+ system service that collects and stores logging data.
+ It creates and maintains structured, indexed journals
+ based on logging information that is received from the
+ kernel, from user processes via the libc
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>syslog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- call, from STDOUT/STDERR of system services or via its
- native API. It will implicitly collect numerous meta
- data fields for each log messages in a secure and
- unfakeable way. See
+ call, from standard input and standard error of system
+ services or via its native API. It will implicitly
+ collect numerous meta data fields for each log
+ messages in a secure and unfakeable way. See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.journal-fields</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for more information about the collected meta data.
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