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How to make journalctl recognize user-defined fields?


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Journalctl's manual says:




New fields may freely be defined by applications, but a few fields
have special meaning.




However I don't see a way to actually introduce my own field that journalctl would recognize and allow filter on.



I tried many variations of the following to no avail:



echo 'FOO=12' | systemd-cat -t TestFields -p warning


journalctl doesn't see FOO field that I'm trying to add:



# journalctl -f -t TestFields
-- Logs begin at Wed 2018-11-28 16:08:31 UTC. --
Nov 28 16:29:10 2f79ab2701c9 TestFields[105]: FOO=12


in json format:



# journalctl -f -t TestFields -o json-pretty

"__CURSOR" : "s=95d756f74cc14c25b5d6a6c86e2d3dd4;i=31b;b=c2286470c74849db84c4a2b458276561;m=4686eb5305;t=57bbc10de8aab;x=8ea14ded83dc4684",
"__REALTIME_TIMESTAMP" : "1543422550641323",
"__MONOTONIC_TIMESTAMP" : "302911279877",
"_BOOT_ID" : "c2286470c74849db84c4a2b458276561",
"_UID" : "0",
"_GID" : "0",
"_MACHINE_ID" : "70406ad7f5774a17a5f1cbbaf5f4455e",
"_HOSTNAME" : "2f79ab2701c9",
"PRIORITY" : "4",
"_CAP_EFFECTIVE" : "3fffffffff",
"_SYSTEMD_CGROUP" : "0",
"_TRANSPORT" : "stdout",
"_COMM" : "cat",
"_EXE" : "/usr/bin/cat",
"_CMDLINE" : "/bin/cat",
"_STREAM_ID" : "7bf67dfa7ff846429fea8092f40a34f7",
"SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER" : "TestFields",
"MESSAGE" : "FOO=12",
"_PID" : "105"



and finally filtering yields no result:



# journalctl FOO=12 -t TestFields
-- No entries --


for comparison:



# journalctl _PID=105 -t TestFields
-- Logs begin at Wed 2018-11-28 16:08:31 UTC, end at Wed 2018-11-28 16:29:10 UTC. --
Nov 28 16:29:10 2f79ab2701c9 TestFields[105]: FOO=12









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    Journalctl's manual says:




    New fields may freely be defined by applications, but a few fields
    have special meaning.




    However I don't see a way to actually introduce my own field that journalctl would recognize and allow filter on.



    I tried many variations of the following to no avail:



    echo 'FOO=12' | systemd-cat -t TestFields -p warning


    journalctl doesn't see FOO field that I'm trying to add:



    # journalctl -f -t TestFields
    -- Logs begin at Wed 2018-11-28 16:08:31 UTC. --
    Nov 28 16:29:10 2f79ab2701c9 TestFields[105]: FOO=12


    in json format:



    # journalctl -f -t TestFields -o json-pretty

    "__CURSOR" : "s=95d756f74cc14c25b5d6a6c86e2d3dd4;i=31b;b=c2286470c74849db84c4a2b458276561;m=4686eb5305;t=57bbc10de8aab;x=8ea14ded83dc4684",
    "__REALTIME_TIMESTAMP" : "1543422550641323",
    "__MONOTONIC_TIMESTAMP" : "302911279877",
    "_BOOT_ID" : "c2286470c74849db84c4a2b458276561",
    "_UID" : "0",
    "_GID" : "0",
    "_MACHINE_ID" : "70406ad7f5774a17a5f1cbbaf5f4455e",
    "_HOSTNAME" : "2f79ab2701c9",
    "PRIORITY" : "4",
    "_CAP_EFFECTIVE" : "3fffffffff",
    "_SYSTEMD_CGROUP" : "0",
    "_TRANSPORT" : "stdout",
    "_COMM" : "cat",
    "_EXE" : "/usr/bin/cat",
    "_CMDLINE" : "/bin/cat",
    "_STREAM_ID" : "7bf67dfa7ff846429fea8092f40a34f7",
    "SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER" : "TestFields",
    "MESSAGE" : "FOO=12",
    "_PID" : "105"



    and finally filtering yields no result:



    # journalctl FOO=12 -t TestFields
    -- No entries --


    for comparison:



    # journalctl _PID=105 -t TestFields
    -- Logs begin at Wed 2018-11-28 16:08:31 UTC, end at Wed 2018-11-28 16:29:10 UTC. --
    Nov 28 16:29:10 2f79ab2701c9 TestFields[105]: FOO=12









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      Journalctl's manual says:




      New fields may freely be defined by applications, but a few fields
      have special meaning.




      However I don't see a way to actually introduce my own field that journalctl would recognize and allow filter on.



      I tried many variations of the following to no avail:



      echo 'FOO=12' | systemd-cat -t TestFields -p warning


      journalctl doesn't see FOO field that I'm trying to add:



      # journalctl -f -t TestFields
      -- Logs begin at Wed 2018-11-28 16:08:31 UTC. --
      Nov 28 16:29:10 2f79ab2701c9 TestFields[105]: FOO=12


      in json format:



      # journalctl -f -t TestFields -o json-pretty

      "__CURSOR" : "s=95d756f74cc14c25b5d6a6c86e2d3dd4;i=31b;b=c2286470c74849db84c4a2b458276561;m=4686eb5305;t=57bbc10de8aab;x=8ea14ded83dc4684",
      "__REALTIME_TIMESTAMP" : "1543422550641323",
      "__MONOTONIC_TIMESTAMP" : "302911279877",
      "_BOOT_ID" : "c2286470c74849db84c4a2b458276561",
      "_UID" : "0",
      "_GID" : "0",
      "_MACHINE_ID" : "70406ad7f5774a17a5f1cbbaf5f4455e",
      "_HOSTNAME" : "2f79ab2701c9",
      "PRIORITY" : "4",
      "_CAP_EFFECTIVE" : "3fffffffff",
      "_SYSTEMD_CGROUP" : "0",
      "_TRANSPORT" : "stdout",
      "_COMM" : "cat",
      "_EXE" : "/usr/bin/cat",
      "_CMDLINE" : "/bin/cat",
      "_STREAM_ID" : "7bf67dfa7ff846429fea8092f40a34f7",
      "SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER" : "TestFields",
      "MESSAGE" : "FOO=12",
      "_PID" : "105"



      and finally filtering yields no result:



      # journalctl FOO=12 -t TestFields
      -- No entries --


      for comparison:



      # journalctl _PID=105 -t TestFields
      -- Logs begin at Wed 2018-11-28 16:08:31 UTC, end at Wed 2018-11-28 16:29:10 UTC. --
      Nov 28 16:29:10 2f79ab2701c9 TestFields[105]: FOO=12









      share|improve this question














      Journalctl's manual says:




      New fields may freely be defined by applications, but a few fields
      have special meaning.




      However I don't see a way to actually introduce my own field that journalctl would recognize and allow filter on.



      I tried many variations of the following to no avail:



      echo 'FOO=12' | systemd-cat -t TestFields -p warning


      journalctl doesn't see FOO field that I'm trying to add:



      # journalctl -f -t TestFields
      -- Logs begin at Wed 2018-11-28 16:08:31 UTC. --
      Nov 28 16:29:10 2f79ab2701c9 TestFields[105]: FOO=12


      in json format:



      # journalctl -f -t TestFields -o json-pretty

      "__CURSOR" : "s=95d756f74cc14c25b5d6a6c86e2d3dd4;i=31b;b=c2286470c74849db84c4a2b458276561;m=4686eb5305;t=57bbc10de8aab;x=8ea14ded83dc4684",
      "__REALTIME_TIMESTAMP" : "1543422550641323",
      "__MONOTONIC_TIMESTAMP" : "302911279877",
      "_BOOT_ID" : "c2286470c74849db84c4a2b458276561",
      "_UID" : "0",
      "_GID" : "0",
      "_MACHINE_ID" : "70406ad7f5774a17a5f1cbbaf5f4455e",
      "_HOSTNAME" : "2f79ab2701c9",
      "PRIORITY" : "4",
      "_CAP_EFFECTIVE" : "3fffffffff",
      "_SYSTEMD_CGROUP" : "0",
      "_TRANSPORT" : "stdout",
      "_COMM" : "cat",
      "_EXE" : "/usr/bin/cat",
      "_CMDLINE" : "/bin/cat",
      "_STREAM_ID" : "7bf67dfa7ff846429fea8092f40a34f7",
      "SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER" : "TestFields",
      "MESSAGE" : "FOO=12",
      "_PID" : "105"



      and finally filtering yields no result:



      # journalctl FOO=12 -t TestFields
      -- No entries --


      for comparison:



      # journalctl _PID=105 -t TestFields
      -- Logs begin at Wed 2018-11-28 16:08:31 UTC, end at Wed 2018-11-28 16:29:10 UTC. --
      Nov 28 16:29:10 2f79ab2701c9 TestFields[105]: FOO=12






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