Forwarded to devs No logger installed with Plesk on an AlmaLinux minimal install

[danami]

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No logger installed with Plesk on an AlmaLinux minimal install

PRODUCT, VERSION, OPERATING SYSTEM, ARCHITECTURE

Product version: Plesk Obsidian 18.0.39.1
OS version: AlmaLinux 8.5 x86_64
Build date: 2021/10/14 23:00
Revision: abd80734589dbcc9d72ab53622ef5737a658fb43

PROBLEM DESCRIPTION

When doing an install of Plesk on an AlmaLinux minimal install no logger is present on the system so log files like /var/log/messages, /var/log/maillog, and /var/log/secure are always empty. This means that security tools like fail2ban cannot track things properly.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

1. Do a minimal install of AlmaLinux.
2. Install Plesk on it.

ACTUAL RESULT

rsyslog package is missing so /var/log/messages, /var/log/maillog, and /var/log/secure will always be empty.

EXPECTED RESULT

A proper logger like rsyslog should be a dependency when installing Plesk so that tools like fail2ban can track server logs properly.

ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

(DID NOT ANSWER QUESTION)

YOUR EXPECTATIONS FROM PLESK SERVICE TEAM

Confirm bug

 

[IgorG]

Thank you.
The bug PPPM-13307 has been confirmed.

 

[she74]

It´s a known bug since Release 8.4 and it persists in 8.5 of AlmaLinux as well. To fix that before installing Plesk you should perform the following command just after the fresh minimal install:

dnf install @minimal-environment

 

[IgorG]

Fixed in Plesk Obsidian 18.0.42:

The Fail2Ban component now requires syslog/rsyslog (depending on the OS) as a prerequisite. (PPPM-13307)