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linuxdockerrsyslogpostfix-mta

No logs for Postfix in Docker with rsyslog?


I'm building a Docker container from debian:jessie.

I've installed rsyslog this normally causes /var/log/mail.log to be created.

However after running some commands with postfix I look in /var/log/ and can't find anything related to mail.

Is there a step I'm missing when using rsyslog with Docker?


Solution

  • I was able to fix the problem by running the following after startup:

    service rsyslog restart
    

    Even though rsyslog had been installed it was never started.