From f70a76109c29ba1155fbec462b62f095449f89d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan Petrello <rpetrell@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2020 17:55:51 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] make rsyslog fall back to no-op if logging is disabled

---
 awx/main/utils/external_logging.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/awx/main/utils/external_logging.py b/awx/main/utils/external_logging.py
index 7865a5a705..ec8b279048 100644
--- a/awx/main/utils/external_logging.py
+++ b/awx/main/utils/external_logging.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ def construct_rsyslog_conf_template(settings=settings):
                 port = parsed.port
         except ValueError:
             port = settings.LOG_AGGREGATOR_PORT
-    
     max_bytes = settings.MAX_EVENT_RES_DATA
     parts.extend([
         '$WorkDirectory /var/lib/awx/rsyslog',
@@ -67,6 +66,8 @@ def construct_rsyslog_conf_template(settings=settings):
         parts.append(
             f'action(type="omfwd" target="{host}" port="{port}" protocol="{protocol}" action.resumeRetryCount="-1" template="awx")'  # noqa
         )
+    else:
+        parts.append(f'action(type="omfile" file="/dev/null")')  # rsyslog needs *at least* one valid action to start
     tmpl = '\n'.join(parts)
     return tmpl