initiate the forwarding as follows: journalctl -f -o export | systemd-journal-remote -o ~/logtest/test1.journal - now open the sending and the receiving journal: (Sender) journalctl -f (Receiver) journalctl --file ~/logtest/test1.journal -f now log some messages: $ logger "msg1" $ logger "msg2" $ logger "msg3" $ logger "msg4" (Sender) Mär 10 14:55:51 virtual-fedora-sbs tpiadmin[25182]: msg1 Mär 10 14:55:52 virtual-fedora-sbs tpiadmin[25186]: msg2 Mär 10 14:55:53 virtual-fedora-sbs tpiadmin[25190]: msg3 Mär 10 14:55:55 virtual-fedora-sbs tpiadmin[25194]: msg4 (Receiver) Mär 10 14:55:51 virtual-fedora-sbs tpiadmin[25182]: msg1 Mär 10 14:55:52 virtual-fedora-sbs tpiadmin[25186]: msg2 Mär 10 14:55:53 virtual-fedora-sbs tpiadmin[25190]: msg3 the last message is not lost though, if you send a 5th message, the 4th is received.