# Why I can't find the system logs?

**URL:** <https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/why-i-cant-find-the-system-logs/2630>\
**Category:** Infrastructure\
**Created:** [May 12, 2021, 7:37am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/why-i-cant-find-the-system-logs/2630 "2021-05-12T07:37:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![virgil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/4af34b/32.png) [@virgil](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/virgil)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 7:37am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/why-i-cant-find-the-system-logs/2630/1 "2021-05-12T07:37:07Z")

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```
[root@rl8-ops01 ~ 15:35:23]# cat /etc/os-release 
NAME="Rocky Linux"
VERSION="8.3"
ID="rocky"
ID_LIKE="rhel fedora"
VERSION_ID="8.3"
PLATFORM_ID="platform:el8"
PRETTY_NAME="Rocky Linux 8.3"
ANSI_COLOR="0;31"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:rocky:rocky:8"
HOME_URL="https://rockylinux.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.rockylinux.org/"
ROCKY_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Rocky Linux"
ROCKY_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="8"
[root@rl8-ops01 ~ 15:35:29]# cat /etc/rocky-release
Rocky Linux release 8.3
[root@rl8-ops01 ~ 15:35:35]# find / -type f -name "messages"
[root@rl8-ops01 ~ 15:35:56]# find / -name "messages"

```

Where is my system logs?

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**Author:** ![virgil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/4af34b/32.png) [@virgil](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/virgil)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 7:38am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/why-i-cant-find-the-system-logs/2630/2 "2021-05-12T07:38:41Z")

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```
[root@rl8-ops01 ~ 15:36:04]# ls /etc/logrotate.d/
btmp chrony dnf firewalld inotify psacct samba sssd wtmp
```

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**Author:** ![GZU](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/gzu/32/981_2.png) [@GZU](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/GZU)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 9:04am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/why-i-cant-find-the-system-logs/2630/3 "2021-05-12T09:04:10Z")

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Have you installed rsyslog?

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**Author:** ![virgil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/4af34b/32.png) [@virgil](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/virgil)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 9:34am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/why-i-cant-find-the-system-logs/2630/4 "2021-05-12T09:34:20Z")

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😄 I thought this package should be included in the system

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**Author:** ![jayrugman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@jayrugman](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/jayrugman)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/why-i-cant-find-the-system-logs/2630/5 "2022-04-28T14:53:05Z")

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Why isn’t this included in the initial installation?

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**Author:** ![jlehtone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9a140/32.png) [@jlehtone](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/jlehtone)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/why-i-cant-find-the-system-logs/2630/6 "2022-04-28T18:01:14Z")

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IIRC, it was not there initially. There is systemd’s journal.

However, now:

```bash
$ sudo dnf -q rq --groupmember rsyslog
rsyslog-8.2102.0-5.el8.x86_64
  @core

```

The rsyslog is now mandatory for group Core; always installed. That is an issue with many old threads; they do not apply today.

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**Author:** ![brian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/brian/32/5777_2.png) [@brian](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/brian)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 3:50am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/why-i-cant-find-the-system-logs/2630/7 "2023-08-25T03:50:54Z")

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