# No systemd-journal logs from Arch Linux

**URL:** <https://community.netdata.cloud/t/no-systemd-journal-logs-from-arch-linux/5128>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** agent, collectors\
**Created:** [February 10, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/no-systemd-journal-logs-from-arch-linux/5128 "2024-02-10T20:23:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Post date:** [February 10, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/no-systemd-journal-logs-from-arch-linux/5128/1 "2024-02-10T20:23:30Z")

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## Problem/Question

The systemd-journal plugin collects data on my Proxmox, Ubuntu, and Debian hosts. But not on Arch Linux.

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/netdata2/original/2X/1/1bf9893e6a12e2771c6de350a93c21a97efd108b.png)

The install on Arch doesn’t use apt (naturally) and ends up in `/opt/netdata`

## Relevant docs you followed/actions you took to solve the issue

I found a post about a similar problem, not sure if it’s relatable: [systemd-journal.plugin not showing as a function on any 1.43 nodes - #2 by os2mac](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/systemd-journal-plugin-not-showing-as-a-function-on-any-1-43-nodes/4790/2)

## Environment/Browser/Agent’s version etc

- Linux version 6.7.4-arch1-1 (linux@archlinux)
- netdata v1.44.2

## What I expected to happen

Seeing logs from my Arch Linux host like the others.

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**Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/no-systemd-journal-logs-from-arch-linux/5128/2 "2024-02-12T12:26:13Z")

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Maybe because Arch is using static builds?

> For the same reason (lack of `systemd` support for Alpine Linux), the plugin is not available on `static` builds of Netdata (which are based on `muslc`, not `glibc`). If your Netdata is installed in `/opt/netdata` you most likely have a static build of Netdata.
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> — [systemd journal plugin | Learn Netdata](https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/logs/systemd-journal/#plugin-availability)

Is there any way I can manually enable systemd-journal on Arch and other static build installs?