Where does Linux store my syslog?
Linux has a special directory for storing logs. This directory contains collected logs from the operating system itself, services and other applications running on the system.
The actual location differed depending on Linux flavor:
- On Ubuntu machines, you can find the logs in the following directory
/var/log/syslog
- On a RHEL/CentOS machine, the output is found in:
/var/log/messages
Collecting logs is managed by the rsyslog service. It may be possible, that
you have the service turned off for some reason. To start the service, run the
following command:
systemctl start rsyslog
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