man: add a bit more text about systemd-journal-remote.service

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<title>Description</title>
<para>
<filename>systemd-journal-remote</filename> is a command to
receive serialized journal events and store them to the journal.
Input streams are in the
<ulink url="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/export">
Journal Export Format
</ulink>,
i.e. like the output from
<command>journalctl --output=export</command>. For transport over
the network, this serialized stream is usually carried over an
HTTPS connection.
</para>
<para><command>systemd-journal-remote</command> is a command to receive serialized journal
events and store them to journal files. Input streams are in the
<ulink url="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/export">Journal Export Format</ulink>,
i.e. like the output from <command>journalctl --output=export</command>. For transport over the
network, this serialized stream is usually carried over an HTTPS connection.</para>
<para><filename>systemd-journal-remote.service</filename> is a system service that uses
<command>systemd-journal-remote</command> to listen for connections.
<filename>systemd-journal-remote.socket</filename> configures the network address that
<filename>systemd-journal-remote.service</filename> listens on. By default this is port 19532.
What connections are accepted and how the received data is stored can be configured through the
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>journal-remote.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
configuration file.</para>
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