Linux.Sys.JournalCtl

Parse the output of the journalctl command. Journalctl is an interface to the systemd journal, which records information about system events.

name: Linux.Sys.JournalCtl
description: |
  Parse the output of the journalctl command. Journalctl is an interface to the systemd journal, which records information about system events.
  
reference:
  - https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/journalctl.1.html
parameters:
  - name: Length 
    default: 10000
    type: int
  - name: DateAfter
    type: timestamp
  - name: DateBefore
    type: timestamp

author: Wes Lambert -- @therealwlambert/@weslambert@infosec.exchange
sources:
  - query:
      LET JournalFormat(ts) = format(format='%d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d UTC',
        args=[ts.Year, ts.Month, ts.Day, ts.Hour, ts.Minute, ts.Second])
      LET DateAfterTime = JournalFormat(ts=if(condition=DateAfter,
        then=DateAfter, else=timestamp(epoch='1600-01-01')))
      LET DateBeforeTime = JournalFormat(ts=if(condition=DateBefore,
        then=DateBefore, else=timestamp(epoch='2200-01-01')))
      LET JCtlOut = SELECT * FROM execve(length=Length, argv=['/usr/bin/journalctl',
        '-o', 'json', '-S', DateAfterTime, '-U', DateBeforeTime], sep="\n")
      SELECT
        timestamp(string=ParsedOutput.__REALTIME_TIMESTAMP) AS Timestamp,
        ParsedOutput._HOSTNAME AS _Hostname,
        ParsedOutput.MESSAGE AS Message,
        ParsedOutput._MACHINE_ID AS _MachineID,
        ParsedOutput._BOOT_ID AS BootID,
        ParsedOutput.SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER AS _SyslogIdentifier,
        ParsedOutput.PRIORITY AS _Priority,
        ParsedOutput.SYSLOG_FACILITY AS _SyslogFacility,
        ParsedOutput.__MONOTONIC_TIMESTAMP AS _MonotonicTS,
        ParsedOutput._SOURCE_MONOTONIC_TIMESTAMP AS _SourceMonoTS,
        ParsedOutput._TRANSPORT AS _Transport,
        ParsedOutput.__CURSOR AS Cursor
      FROM foreach(row={SELECT parse_json(data=Stdout) AS ParsedOutput FROM JCtlOut WHERE Stdout})