How can I use local7 for my application instead of boot.log in RHEL 7 and later.

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Issue

  • We need to use local7.info for the specific applications but it is already used by default on OS for /var/log/boot.log. Please advise how to change the configuration for this boot.log file ?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 9
  • plymouth
  • rsyslog

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