/etc/logrotate.d/syslog missing {EL9}

Symptoms

On an EL9 server, certain system logs are not being rotated as they continue to accrue data, resulting in large sizes on disk.

Cause

The rsyslog package no longer provides the syslog rotate configuration file on EL9 servers. This must be added using a separate package.

Resolution

Install the rsyslog-logrotate package to add the required configuration files.

1. Access your server using SSH as the root user.

2. Install the rsyslog-logrotate package:

   # dnf install rsyslog-logrotate