Cannot create sosreport presets without manually creating /var/lib/sos/presets

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Trying to create a preset with the sosreport command will fail with:

    # sosreport --add-preset foobar [any sos options]
    Could not add preset: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:     '/var/lib/sos/presets/foobar'
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0

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