Unable to login; 'systemd-journal: Failed to create new system journal: No space left on device'

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • Unable to login via ssh or console.

  • Error messages output on login attempt.

    systemd-journald[PID]: Failed to create new system journal: No space left on device
systemd-journald[PID]: Failed to create new user journal: No space left on device

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6
  • Persistent journal store
  • systemd-219-62.el7.x86_64

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