A four-part series — the fundamentals first, then the modern journal, then keeping it all under control with rotation, then aggregating everything to one place.

Logging & Log Management Series

1

Logging Basics

rsyslog, facilities, severity levels, and the key log files — why logging matters and where to find things.

Read Part 1 →
2

journald & journalctl

A deep dive into the systemd journal — the modern structured logging system and how to query it.

Read Part 2 →
3

logrotate

Configuration and troubleshooting — why logrotate matters and how to keep logs from filling up the disk.

Read Part 3 →
4

Centralized Logging

rsyslog forwarding and log aggregation — why centralizing logs matters and how to set it up.

Read Part 4 →

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