From 538958bf17b7493e38ccc07d3405f979fd40e4b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2015 11:29:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Create /var/log/journal

Fixes #9614.

(cherry picked from commit 6ab7e0de2953b5d13f52372258825e90fdea3fd3)
---
 nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix
index 05369da4f16b3f..4976dfe8eea4b8 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix
@@ -643,6 +643,10 @@ in
         if ! [ -e /etc/machine-id ]; then
           ${systemd}/bin/systemd-machine-id-setup
         fi
+
+        # Keep a persistent journal. Note that systemd-tmpfiles will
+        # set proper ownership/permissions.
+        mkdir -m 0700 -p /var/log/journal
       '';
 
     users.extraUsers.systemd-network.uid = config.ids.uids.systemd-network;