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| 2016-08-29 19:58:16 |
Martin Pitt |
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| 2016-08-29 19:58:16 |
Martin Pitt |
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| 2016-08-30 04:48:52 |
Martin Pitt |
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| 2016-08-30 04:49:06 |
Martin Pitt |
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systemd journal should be persistent by default: /var/log/journal should be created |
systemd journal should be persistent by default: /var/log/journal should be created; remove rsyslog from default installs |
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| 2016-08-30 04:49:09 |
Martin Pitt |
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| 2016-08-30 04:49:11 |
Martin Pitt |
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| 2016-10-13 19:11:53 |
Sean Ford |
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| 2017-01-10 15:58:52 |
Bryan Quigley |
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| 2017-02-13 17:14:19 |
Bryan Quigley |
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systemd_232-17ubuntu2.debdiff https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1618188/+attachment/4818279/+files/systemd_232-17ubuntu2.debdiff |
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| 2017-02-13 17:14:57 |
Bryan Quigley |
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| 2017-02-13 18:23:33 |
Dimitri John Ledkov |
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| 2017-02-13 18:23:37 |
Dimitri John Ledkov |
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ubuntu-17.02 |
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| 2017-03-15 01:55:42 |
Ikuya Awashiro |
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| 2017-03-29 21:49:59 |
Nish Aravamudan |
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Lachlan Pease |
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| 2017-06-15 20:49:50 |
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| 2017-07-19 08:52:34 |
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| 2017-07-19 22:49:10 |
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| 2017-07-26 14:49:05 |
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| 2017-10-24 07:40:12 |
Merlijn Sebrechts |
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| 2017-11-07 11:48:47 |
Merlijn Sebrechts |
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| 2017-11-15 21:39:57 |
Josh Lee |
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| 2017-12-11 17:08:51 |
Dimitri John Ledkov |
summary |
systemd journal should be persistent by default: /var/log/journal should be created; remove rsyslog from default installs |
systemd journal should be persistent by default: /var/log/journal should be created |
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| 2017-12-11 17:08:56 |
Dimitri John Ledkov |
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| 2017-12-11 17:09:13 |
Dimitri John Ledkov |
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| 2017-12-11 17:09:13 |
Dimitri John Ledkov |
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| 2017-12-11 17:09:13 |
Dimitri John Ledkov |
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| 2017-12-11 17:09:13 |
Dimitri John Ledkov |
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| 2017-12-11 17:09:13 |
Dimitri John Ledkov |
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| 2017-12-11 17:09:13 |
Dimitri John Ledkov |
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| 2017-12-11 17:09:13 |
Dimitri John Ledkov |
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| 2017-12-11 17:09:13 |
Dimitri John Ledkov |
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| 2017-12-30 19:40:58 |
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| 2017-12-30 19:40:58 |
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| 2018-01-03 10:51:02 |
dino99 |
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| 2018-01-03 19:24:22 |
Launchpad Janitor |
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| 2018-02-03 01:07:41 |
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| 2018-02-20 15:34:36 |
Dimitri John Ledkov |
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| 2018-02-20 15:40:04 |
Dimitri John Ledkov |
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| 2018-02-20 15:40:06 |
Dimitri John Ledkov |
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| 2018-02-22 18:06:30 |
Dimitri John Ledkov |
description |
After upgrading 14.04 -> 16.04, key services are now running on systemd and using the systemd journal for logging. In 14.04, key system logs like /var/log/messages and /var/log/syslog were persistent, but after the upgrade to 16.04 there has a been a regression of sorts: Logs sent to systemd's journald are now being thrown away during reboots.
This behavior is controlled by the `Storage=` option in `/etc/systemd/journald.conf`. The default setting is `Storage=auto` which will persist logs in `/var/log/journal/`, *only if the directory already exists*. But the directory was not created as part of the 14.04 -> 16.04 upgrade, so logging was being lost for a while before I realized what was happening.
This issue could be solved by either creating /var/log/journal or changing the default Storage behavior to `Storage=persistent`, which would create the directory if need be.
## Related reference
* `systemd` currently compounds the issue by having ["journal --disk-usage" report memory usage as disk usage](https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/4059), giving the impression that the disk is being used for logging when it isn't.
* [User wonders where to find logs from previous boots, unaware that the logs were thrown away](http://askubuntu.com/questions/765315/how-to-find-previous-boot-log-after-ubuntu-16-04-restarts)
## Recommended fix
Restoring persistent logging as the default is recommended. |
[Impact]
* System logs are lost across reboots because they are not stored persistently.
[Test Case]
* Fresh installations, or upgrades to this version of systemd, should create /var/log/journal and trigger automatic persistent logs.
* Users may choose to remove said directory, or disable persistent logging in /etc/systemd/journald.conf
[Regression Potential]
* Persistent logging by default will cause logs to be flushed from /run to /var/log, meaning there will be less RAM used (/run is tmpfs backed), but increased disk usage (in /var/log). The journald daemon has limits set for logs, meaning they will be rotated and discarded and should not cause out of disk-space errors.
[Other Info]
* Original bug report
After upgrading 14.04 -> 16.04, key services are now running on systemd and using the systemd journal for logging. In 14.04, key system logs like /var/log/messages and /var/log/syslog were persistent, but after the upgrade to 16.04 there has a been a regression of sorts: Logs sent to systemd's journald are now being thrown away during reboots.
This behavior is controlled by the `Storage=` option in `/etc/systemd/journald.conf`. The default setting is `Storage=auto` which will persist logs in `/var/log/journal/`, *only if the directory already exists*. But the directory was not created as part of the 14.04 -> 16.04 upgrade, so logging was being lost for a while before I realized what was happening.
This issue could be solved by either creating /var/log/journal or changing the default Storage behavior to `Storage=persistent`, which would create the directory if need be.
## Related reference
* `systemd` currently compounds the issue by having ["journal --disk-usage" report memory usage as disk usage](https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/4059), giving the impression that the disk is being used for logging when it isn't.
* [User wonders where to find logs from previous boots, unaware that the logs were thrown away](http://askubuntu.com/questions/765315/how-to-find-previous-boot-log-after-ubuntu-16-04-restarts)
## Recommended fix
Restoring persistent logging as the default is recommended. |
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| 2018-02-22 18:35:24 |
Brian Murray |
systemd (Ubuntu Artful): status |
In Progress |
Fix Committed |
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| 2018-02-22 18:35:27 |
Brian Murray |
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| 2018-02-22 18:35:32 |
Brian Murray |
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| 2018-02-22 18:35:50 |
Brian Murray |
tags |
upgrade-software-version |
upgrade-software-version verification-needed verification-needed-artful |
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| 2018-03-19 14:03:56 |
Dimitri John Ledkov |
tags |
upgrade-software-version verification-needed verification-needed-artful |
upgrade-software-version verification-done-artful verification-needed |
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| 2018-03-20 16:12:04 |
Bryan Quigley |
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| 2018-03-21 11:42:35 |
Launchpad Janitor |
systemd (Ubuntu Artful): status |
Fix Committed |
Fix Released |
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| 2018-03-21 11:42:35 |
Launchpad Janitor |
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| 2018-03-21 11:42:52 |
Łukasz Zemczak |
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| 2018-03-26 07:19:15 |
Jarno Suni |
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| 2018-03-26 20:39:59 |
Steve Langasek |
systemd (Ubuntu Xenial): status |
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Won't Fix |
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| 2018-10-11 11:57:21 |
William Grant |
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| 2018-10-11 16:29:12 |
Haw Loeung |
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| 2018-10-11 16:30:33 |
Haw Loeung |
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| 2018-10-15 06:02:49 |
Junien Fridrick |
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