Chapter 13

Configuring Logging

The following topics are covered in this chapter:

The following RHCSA exam objectives are covered in this chapter:

  • Locate and interpret system log files and journals

  • Preserve system journals

Analyzing log files is an important system administrator task. If anything goes wrong on a Linux system, the answer is often in the log files. On RHEL 8, two different log systems are used side by side, and it is important to know which information can be found where. This chapter teaches you all about it. You learn how to read log files, how to configure rsyslogd and journald, and how to set up your system for log rotation so that ...

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