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### Limitations
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The following are limitations related to the availability of the plugin:
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- This plugin is not available when Netdata is installed in a container. The problem is that `libsystemd` is not available in Alpine Linux (there is a `libsystemd`, but it is a dummy that returns failure on all calls). We plan to change this, by shipping Netdata containers based on Debian.
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To use the plugin, install one of our native distribution packages, or install it from source.
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The following are limitations related to the features of `systemd` journal:
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- This plugin does not support binary field values. `systemd` journal has the ability to assign fields with binary data. This plugin assumes all fields contain text values (text in this context includes numbers).