rsyslog not working as expected

[aanderse]

Issue description

I've enabled rsyslog on a server but I don't see any files being generated under /var/log from rsyslog. I would expect to see some output by simply enabling the service.

If I'm missing a step I would appreciate knowing what.

Steps to reproduce

Add services.rsyslogd.enable = true; to your configuration.

Technical details

Please run nix-shell -p nix-info --run "nix-info -m" and paste the
results.

• system: "x86_64-linux"
• host os: Linux 4.14.70, NixOS, 18.09beta408.b853e73d528 (Jellyfish)
• multi-user?: yes
• sandbox: yes
• version: nix-env (Nix) 2.1.1
• channels(root): "nixos-18.09pre148742.945a24db1ba"
• nixpkgs: /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos

[aanderse]

Well after digging some more I found a great article on the Arch wiki.

Needed to add ForwardToSyslog=yes to journald.conf to get this working. I'll make a PR for this.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/rsyslog