3 files changed, 26 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/ansible/roles/trygvis-base/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/trygvis-base/defaults/main.yml
index 8244bbf..e45da41 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/trygvis-base/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/trygvis-base/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 trygvis_base__etc_localtime: yes
 trygvis_base__remove_root_authorized_keys: yes
 trygvis_base__fix_aliases: yes
+trygvis_base__journald: yes
 
 # These mostly applies to LXC hosts
 trygvis_base__fix_hosts: no
diff --git a/ansible/roles/trygvis-base/handlers/main.yml b/ansible/roles/trygvis-base/handlers/main.yml
index f06ad24..cbba9a3 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/trygvis-base/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/trygvis-base/handlers/main.yml
@@ -5,3 +5,7 @@
 - name: postalias /etc/aliases
   become: yes
   shell: "[ ! -x /usr/sbin/postalias ] || /usr/sbin/postalias /etc/aliases"
+
+- name: reload journalctl
+  become: yes
+  command: /usr/bin/pkill -f -USR1 systemd-journald
diff --git a/ansible/roles/trygvis-base/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/trygvis-base/tasks/main.yml
index d753056..0fc5782 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/trygvis-base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/trygvis-base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -47,11 +47,30 @@
     - trygvis-base-syslog
   when: trygvis_base__syslog
   block:
-    - name:
-      vars:
+    - vars:
         items:
           - rsyslog
       apt:
         name: "{{ items }}"
         state: present
         install_recommends: no
+
+- become: true
+  tags:
+    - trygvis-base
+    - trygvis-base-journald
+  when: trygvis_base__journald
+  block:
+    - stat:
+        path: /var/log/journal
+      register: journal_log
+
+    - when: not (journal_log.stat.isdir is defined and journal_log.stat.isdir)
+      file:
+        path: /var/log/journal
+        state: directory
+      notify: reload journalctl
+
+    - when: not (journal_log.stat.isdir is defined and journal_log.stat.isdir)
+      command: /bin/systemd-tmpfiles --create --prefix /var/log/journal
+      notify: reload journalctl