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systemd package

  1. Bug #1618188
  2. Comment #4

Comment 4 for bug 1618188

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Sean Ford (sford) wrote : Re: systemd journal should be persistent by default: /var/log/journal should be created; remove rsyslog from default installs

I understand it is not desirable to have duplicate logging, but there is a corner case where logging that is done during systemd shutdown is lost because rsyslog is killed. This makes shutdown look broken due to it being non-deterministic exactly when rsyslog is killed.

Currently, the easiest way to get accurate logging is creating /var/log/journal.

## Sometimes shutdown logs are brief:

Oct 13 18:51:07 HOST systemd[1]: Stopped target Cloud-init target.
Oct 13 18:51:07 HOST systemd[1]: Starting Unattended Upgrades Shutdown...
Oct 13 18:51:07 HOST systemd[1]: Stopping Session 1 of user ubuntu.
Oct 13 18:51:07 HOST systemd[1]: Stopped target Graphical Interface.
Oct 13 18:51:07 HOST systemd[1]: Stopping Accounts Service...
Oct 13 18:51:07 HOST rsyslogd: [origin software="rsyslogd" swVersion="8.16.0" x-pid="759" x-info="http://www.rsyslog.com"] exiting on signal 15.

## Sometimes more detailed

Oct 13 18:57:33 HOST systemd[1]: Stopping Session 1 of user ubuntu.
Oct 13 18:57:33 HOST systemd[1]: Stopping User Manager for UID 1000...
Oct 13 18:57:33 HOST systemd[1]: Stopped target Timers.
Oct 13 18:57:33 HOST systemd[1]: Stopped Daily apt activities.
Oct 13 18:57:33 HOST systemd[1277]: Reached target Shutdown.
Oct 13 18:57:33 HOST systemd[1277]: Stopped target Default.
Oct 13 18:57:33 HOST systemd[1277]: Stopped target Basic System.
Oct 13 18:57:33 HOST systemd[1277]: Stopped target Timers.
Oct 13 18:57:33 HOST systemd[1277]: Stopped target Sockets.
Oct 13 18:57:33 HOST systemd[1277]: Starting Exit the Session...
Oct 13 18:57:33 HOST systemd[1]: Stopped Daily Cleanup of Temporary Directories.
Oct 13 18:57:33 HOST systemd[1277]: Stopped target Paths.
Oct 13 18:57:33 HOST systemd[1]: Stopped target Graphical Interface.
Oct 13 18:57:33 HOST systemd[1]: Stopped Timer to automatically refresh installed snaps.
Oct 13 18:57:33 HOST systemd[1]: Stopping ACPI event daemon...
Oct 13 18:57:33 HOST systemd[1]: Starting Unattended Upgrades Shutdown...
Oct 13 18:57:33 HOST systemd[1]: Stopping Accounts Service...
Oct 13 18:57:33 HOST systemd[1]: Closed Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status /dev/rfkill Watch.
Oct 13 18:57:33 HOST systemd[1]: Stopping Virtual machine log manager...
Oct 13 18:57:33 HOST systemd[1]: Stopped target Cloud-init target.
Oct 13 18:57:33 HOST systemd[1277]: Received SIGRTMIN+24 from PID 1592 (kill).
Oct 13 18:57:33 HOST systemd[1]: Stopped Execute cloud user/final scripts.
Oct 13 18:57:33 HOST systemd[1]: Stopped Apply the settings specified in cloud-config.
Oct 13 18:57:33 HOST systemd[1]: Stopped target Cloud-config availability.
Oct 13 18:57:33 HOST rsyslogd: [origin software="rsyslogd" swVersion="8.16.0" x-pid="737" x-info="http://www.rsyslog.com"] exiting on signal 15.