docs/var-log/README

   1 You are looking for the traditional text log files in /var/log, and they are
   2 gone?
   3
   4 Here's an explanation on what's going on:
   5
   6 You are running a systemd-based OS where traditional syslog has been replaced
   7 with the Journal. The journal stores the same (and more) information as classic
   8 syslog. To make use of the journal and access the collected log data simply
   9 invoke "journalctl", which will output the logs in the identical text-based
  10 format the syslog files in /var/log used to be. For further details, please
  11 refer to journalctl(1).
  12
  13 Alternatively, consider installing one of the traditional syslog
  14 implementations available for your distribution, which will generate the
  15 classic log files for you. Syslog implementations such as syslog-ng or rsyslog
  16 may be installed side-by-side with the journal and will continue to function
  17 the way they always did.
  18
  19 Thank you!
  20
  21 Further reading:
  22         man:journalctl(1)
  23         man:systemd-journald.service(8)
  24         man:journald.conf(5)
  25         http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/the-journal.html