Fix: Add journald log acquisition example for Debian 12 compatibility#15
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Fix: Update acquis.yaml to use journald instead of missing syslog files on Debian 12
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Dec 26, 2025
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Unfortunately, it's not that simple. I checked this in the latest instructions, but it's not possible without granting further rights. Since CrowdSec runs in a container and not natively on the server
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Fix: Update acquis.yaml to use journald instead of missing syslog files on Debian 12
📄 Description
On Debian 12 i'm facing the following error:
This pull request updates the documentation (README.md) to address this issue and properly support Debian 12 and newer distributions that use systemd's journald for log management instead of traditional file-based logs like /var/log/syslog and /var/log/auth.log.
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🔍 Reason for Change
On Debian 12 and similar systemd-based systems:
/var/log/syslog and /var/log/auth.log do not exist by default.
CrowdSec emits warnings about missing files and cannot monitor authentication or system events properly.
journalctl is the current best-practice for log acquisition.
This update ensures that users of the traefik-crowdsec-stack have clear guidance for configuring log acquisition reliably on modern operating systems.