Oracle Linux: Post OL7 to OL8 Leapp Upgrade rsyslogd Stops Writing to /var/log/messages and /var/log/secure After Log Rotation (Doc ID 3039519.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 06, 2024

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Symptoms

An Oracle Linux 7 (OL7) system is upgraded to Oracle Linux 8 (OL8) using Leapp.
Following the upgrade, log files /var/log/messages and /var/log/secure are found to be empty.
Running the logger(1) command to manually populate the system log fails to generate any content.
Restarting the rsyslogd service allows logging to resume, however, once log files next rotate, the issue returns.

Changes

The system was recently upgraded from Oracle Linux 7 to Oracle Linux 8 using Leapp.

Cause

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