[Bug 1575337] Re: syslog.log is completely empty

[Andres Rodriguez]

Ok, so MAAS install's an rsyslog config to forward messages from syslog
to /var/log/maas/maas.log. Today we noticed that maas.log was completely
empty, and on further checking, we noticed that syslog was completely
empty as well. The fun fact, however, is that MAAS has not changed its
syslog configuration in years, and we definitely don't believe this is
the problem. Also, this was working before just fine without any issues
before , and as such, we don't believe is a problem on rsyslog.

The interesting thing is that rsyslog hasn't really change much in the
past few months (iother that 2, no change rebuilds). Also, syslog logs
that should be on /var/log/syslog are on systemd's journal.

MAAS config on /etc/maas/rsyslog.d/99-maas:

# Log MAAS messages to their own file.
:syslogtag,contains,"maas" /var/log/maas/maas.log

** Also affects: rsyslog (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** No longer affects: maas (Ubuntu)

** Description changed:

- /var/log/syslog is empty and everything is under systemd's journal.
+ 130 roaksoax at unleashed:~/Desktop/project/packaging⟫ dpkg -l | grep rsyslog
+ ii  rsyslog                                              8.16.0-1ubuntu3                            amd64        reliable system and kernel logging daemon
+ ii  rsyslog-gnutls                                       8.16.0-1ubuntu3                            amd64        TLS protocol support for rsyslog
+ 
+ roaksoax at unleashed:~/Desktop/project/packaging⟫ sudo service rsyslog status
+ [sudo] password for roaksoax: 
+ ● rsyslog.service - System Logging Service
+    Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/rsyslog.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
+    Active: active (running) since Tue 2016-04-26 16:12:24 EDT; 1h 39min ago
+      Docs: man:rsyslogd(8)
+            http://www.rsyslog.com/doc/
+  Main PID: 26547 (rsyslogd)
+     Tasks: 5 (limit: 512)
+    Memory: 1.3M
+       CPU: 174ms
+    CGroup: /system.slice/rsyslog.service
+            └─26547 /usr/sbin/rsyslogd -n
+ 
+ Apr 26 16:12:24 unleashed systemd[1]: Starting System Logging Service...
+ Apr 26 16:12:24 unleashed systemd[1]: Started System Logging Service.
+ 
+ roaksoax at unleashed:~/Desktop/project/packaging⟫ sudo cat /var/log/syslog
+ roaksoax at unleashed:~/Desktop/project/packaging⟫

** Changed in: rsyslog (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Critical

** Also affects: systemd (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  syslog.log is completely empty

Status in rsyslog package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in systemd package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  130 roaksoax at unleashed:~/Desktop/project/packaging⟫ dpkg -l | grep rsyslog
  ii  rsyslog                                              8.16.0-1ubuntu3                            amd64        reliable system and kernel logging daemon
  ii  rsyslog-gnutls                                       8.16.0-1ubuntu3                            amd64        TLS protocol support for rsyslog

  roaksoax at unleashed:~/Desktop/project/packaging⟫ sudo service rsyslog status
  [sudo] password for roaksoax: 
  ● rsyslog.service - System Logging Service
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/rsyslog.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Tue 2016-04-26 16:12:24 EDT; 1h 39min ago
       Docs: man:rsyslogd(8)
             http://www.rsyslog.com/doc/
   Main PID: 26547 (rsyslogd)
      Tasks: 5 (limit: 512)
     Memory: 1.3M
        CPU: 174ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/rsyslog.service
             └─26547 /usr/sbin/rsyslogd -n

  Apr 26 16:12:24 unleashed systemd[1]: Starting System Logging Service...
  Apr 26 16:12:24 unleashed systemd[1]: Started System Logging Service.

  roaksoax at unleashed:~/Desktop/project/packaging⟫ sudo cat /var/log/syslog
  roaksoax at unleashed:~/Desktop/project/packaging⟫

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