#Journald

RHEL Intermediate #5: Log Management — journald, rsyslog, log rotation

RHEL 9 uses journald as the primary log tool and rsyslog as the secondary, with text log files rotated automatically by logrotate. This post covers journald's retention policy and disk usage control, rsyslog's continuing role as the old-guard standard, the flow of collecting logs on a central server, and how to write logrotate rules from scratch — all from an operational perspective.