Add script to patch DigitalOcean for journal

Signed-off-by: Alex Ellis (OpenFaaS Ltd) <[email protected]>

Author: alexellis

cmd/install.go

@@ -93,8 +93,9 @@ Check the status of the faasd service with:
   sudo journalctl -u faasd --lines 100 -f
 
 Login with:
-  sudo -E cat /var/lib/faasd/secrets/basic-auth-password | faas-cli login -s
-`)
+  sudo -E cat /var/lib/faasd/secrets/basic-auth-password | faas-cli login -s`)
+
+	fmt.Println("")
 
 	return nil
 }

hack/enable-journal.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright OpenFaaS Ltd 2025
+
+# This script is for use with Droplets created on DigitalOcean, it will
+# ensure that systemd-journald is configured to log to disk and that
+# rsyslog is configured to read from systemd-journald.
+
+# Without this change, no logs will be available in the journal, and only
+# /var/log/syslog will be populated.
+
+set -e
+
+echo "Checking systemd-journald logs..."
+JOURNAL_STATUS=$(journalctl --no-pager -n 10 2>&1)
+
+if echo "$JOURNAL_STATUS" | grep -q "No journal files were found"; then
+    echo "No journal files found. Fixing logging configuration..."
+else
+    echo "Journald appears to be logging. No changes needed."
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# Backup original config before making changes
+sudo cp /etc/systemd/journald.conf /etc/systemd/journald.conf.bak
+
+# Ensure Storage is persistent
+sudo sed -i '/^#Storage=/c\Storage=persistent' /etc/systemd/journald.conf
+
+# Ensure logs are not forwarded only to syslog
+sudo sed -i '/^#ForwardToSyslog=/c\ForwardToSyslog=no' /etc/systemd/journald.conf
+
+# Restart systemd-journald
+echo "Restarting systemd-journald..."
+sudo systemctl restart systemd-journald
+
+# Check if rsyslog already loads imjournal
+if ! grep -q 'module(load="imjournal")' /etc/rsyslog.conf; then
+    echo "Adding imjournal module to rsyslog..."
+    echo 'module(load="imjournal" StateFile="/var/lib/rsyslog/imjournal.state")' | sudo tee -a /etc/rsyslog.conf
+fi
+
+# Restart rsyslog to apply changes
+echo "Restarting rsyslog..."
+sudo systemctl restart rsyslog
+
+echo "Done. Checking if logs appear in journald..."
+journalctl --no-pager -n 10