# Journald Receiver

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> OpenTelemetry Collector receiver · contrib distribution

The Journald Receiver parses Journald events from systemd journal.

- **Component ID**: `contrib-journaldreceiver`
- **Name**: `journaldreceiver`
- **Type**: receiver
- **Distribution**: contrib
- **Repository**: `opentelemetry-collector-contrib`

## Stability

| Level | Signals |
| --- | --- |
| alpha | logs |

## Data

- **JSON**: [/data/collector/components/contrib-journaldreceiver/contrib-journaldreceiver-4a4f2ea5051c.json](/data/collector/components/contrib-journaldreceiver/contrib-journaldreceiver-4a4f2ea5051c.json)
- **Explore**: [/collector/components/contrib/journaldreceiver](/collector/components/contrib/journaldreceiver)