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When configuring persistent system journals, after restarting systemd-journald /var/log/journal folder didn't create.

I did following steps:

  1. become root
  2. edited and saved /etc/systemd/journald.conf with the changes
 [Journal] Storage=persistent
  1. restarted systemd-journald service

and no folder created with the name /var/log/journal.

What can I do here or can I copy the folder in /run/log/journal to the destination where it must be?

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  • What does systemctl status systemd-journald say? Commented Jul 3, 2021 at 23:58
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    Rather than setting Storage=persistent, it is sufficient to leave it at Storage=auto and mkdir /var/log/journal. The journal will then be copied to this directory in a few seconds. Commented Jul 4, 2021 at 7:23
  • .... Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-journald.service; static; vendor preset: disabled) Active: active (running) since Sun 2021-07-04 03:45:39 +04; 9h ago ......... Commented Jul 4, 2021 at 9:16
  • yes, it worked as u said, I kept Storage=auto as it is, and then mkdir.. thus it worked fine Commented Jul 4, 2021 at 9:19

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When switching from volatile to persistent, I had to issue journalctl --flush to make journald switch over to the new logging location.

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