Relocate logs in /opt/log to /var/log

Question

I want to save my logs into /var/log so that I can send them to the Siem platform, because the platform is unable to receive them from /opt/log. The logs are saved into /opt/log because I am using a third party application.

Answer 1

You could use a symbolic link to point the directory /opt/log to /var/log instead.

First make a backup copy of /opt/log:

sudo mv /opt/log /opt/log_backup

Then create the link:

sudo ln -s /var/log /opt/log