Logs in /var/log are not being stored - rsyslog configured to send logs to a remote server

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Issue

Local /var/log/ is empty, no logs are being captured. Service rsyslogd is running.
rsyslog is configured to send logs to a remote server.

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7

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