From d6e7e07441980cb5cfeec33e4f9cd8e6114b4f87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hinrikus Wolf <hinrikus@fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2020 11:59:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Make systemd journal persistent optional

---
 basic-system/defaults/main.yml | 1 +
 basic-system/tasks/logging.yml | 5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/basic-system/defaults/main.yml b/basic-system/defaults/main.yml
index 232a4d9..dc51f85 100644
--- a/basic-system/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/basic-system/defaults/main.yml
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ hosts_additionals: []
 etckeeper: true
 rsyslog_needed: false
 hosts_precious: false
+journal_persitent_with_package: true
diff --git a/basic-system/tasks/logging.yml b/basic-system/tasks/logging.yml
index 2910dc8..bddf2f3 100644
--- a/basic-system/tasks/logging.yml
+++ b/basic-system/tasks/logging.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     - syslogserver is not defined or syslogserver.split(":")[0] != ansible_fqdn
     - ansible_distribution_major_version|int >= 9
     - not rsyslog_needed
+    - journal_persitent_with_package
   register: syslog_provider
   tags:
     - syslog
@@ -29,7 +30,9 @@
     path: /var/log/journal
     state: directory
   when:
-    - ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 9
+    - (ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 9) or
+      (not journal_persitent_with_package)
+  register: syslog_provider
   notify:
     - configure journal directory
   tags:
-- 
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