Appendix E. Logging the Installation

⁠Appendix E. Logging the Installation

Anaconda tracks all of its activities in logs. This includes:

Changing installation steps. The steps roughly correspond to the different screens in the graphical installer.
Detection and manipulation of storage devices.
Installation media detection.
Network initialization.
Kernel messages
Calls to critical methods within anaconda.
Calls to external programs.

⁠E.1. Log files and formats

⁠E.1.1. Logging on the installed system

During the installation, logs are stored in the /tmp directory. After the installation, the files can be found in the /var/log/anaconda directory. Another set of logs is stored in in the /root directory of the target filesystem, and can be found at /mnt/sysimage/root during the installation. Some logs are also written to the virtual terminals.

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Table E.1. anaconda log files

Logs in /tmp, /var/log/anaconda
Filename	TTY	Usage
`anaconda.log`	`/dev/tty3`	General installation information, including the step changes.
`storage.log`	`/dev/tty3`	Detection and manipulation of storage devices, including RAID, LVM, and partitioning actions.
`program.log`		Calls to external programs, and their output.
`syslog`	`/dev/tty4`	Messages from the kernel and external programs, such as NetworkManager.
`yum.log`		Yum's internal log.

Logs in /root, /mnt/sysimage/root
Filename	Usage
`install.log`	The log of the package installation process
`install.log.syslog`	Messages from installation chroot logged through the system's syslog. Mostly information about users and groups created during yum's package installation.