anaconda

Installation log files

• /root/install.log

• /root/install.log.syslog

• /var/log/anaconda

• /var/log/anaconda.*

auditd

Audit log files

• /etc/audit/auditd.conf

• /etc/audit/audit.rules

• /var/log/audit/*

boot

System boot process details

• /etc/milo.conf

• /etc/silo.conf

• /boot/efi/efi/redhat/elilo.conf

• /etc/yaboot.conf

• /boot/yaboot.conf

cron

Root user cron commands

• /etc/cron*

• /etc/crontab

• /var/log/cron

• /var/spool/cron

cups

Printer log files

• /etc/cups/*.conf

• /etc/cups/*.types

• /etc/cups/lpoptions

• /etc/cups/ppd/*.ppd

• /var/log/cups/*

date

Context data

• /etc/localtime

devicemapper

Hardware details

filesys

List of all files in use

• /proc/fs/*

• /proc/mounts

• /proc/filesystems

• /proc/self/mounts

• /proc/self/mountinfo

• /proc/self/mountstats

• /proc/[0-9]*/mountinfo

• /etc/mtab

• /etc/fstab

grub2

Kernel and system start-up configuration

• /boot/efi/EFI/*/grub.cfg

• /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

• /boot/grub2/grubenv

• /boot/grub/grub.cfg

• /boot/loader/entries

• /etc/default/grub

• /etc/grub2.cfg

• /etc/grub.d/*

hardware

Hardware details

• /proc/interrupts

• /proc/irq

• /proc/dma

• /proc/devices

• /proc/rtc

• /var/log/mcelog

• /sys/class/dmi/id/*

• /sys/class/drm/*/edid

host

Host identification

• /etc/sos.conf

• /etc/hostid

kernel

System log files

• /etc/conf.modules

• /etc/modules.conf

• /etc/modprobe.conf

• /etc/modprobe.d

• /etc/sysctl.conf

• /etc/sysctl.d

• /lib/modules/*/modules.dep

• /lib/sysctl.d

• /proc/cmdline

• /proc/driver

• /proc/kallsyms

• /proc/lock*

• /proc/buddyinfo

• /proc/misc

• /proc/modules

• /proc/slabinfo

• /proc/softirqs

• /proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id

• /proc/sys/kernel/tainted

• /proc/timer*

• /proc/zoneinfo

• /sys/firmware/acpi/*

• /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/*

• /sys/kernel/livepatch/*

• /sys/module/*/parameters

• /sys/module/*/initstate

• /sys/module/*/refcnt

• /sys/module/*/taint

• /sys/module/*/version

• /sys/devices/system/clocksource/*/available_clocksource

• /sys/devices/system/clocksource/*/current_clocksource

• /sys/fs/pstore

• /var/log/dmesg

libraries

List of shared libraries

• /etc/ld.so.conf

• /etc/ld.so.conf.d/*

logs

System log files

• /etc/syslog.conf

• /etc/rsyslog.conf

• /etc/rsyslog.d

• /run/log/journal/*

• /var/log/auth.log

• /var/log/auth.log.1

• /var/log/auth.log.2*

• /var/log/boot.log

• /var/log/dist-upgrade

• /var/log/installer

• /var/log/journal/*

• /var/log/kern.log

• /var/log/kern.log.1

• /var/log/kern.log.2*

• /var/log/messages*

• /var/log/secure*

• /var/log/syslog

• /var/log/syslog.1

• /var/log/syslog.2*

• /var/log/udev

• /var/log/unattended-upgrades

lvm2

Hardware details

memory

Hardware details

• /proc/pci

• /proc/meminfo

• /proc/vmstat

• /proc/swaps

• /proc/slabinfo

• /proc/pagetypeinfo

• /proc/vmallocinfo

• /sys/kernel/mm/ksm

• /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled

networking

Network identification

• /etc/dnsmasq*

• /etc/host*

• /etc/inetd.conf

• /etc/iproute2

• /etc/network*

• /etc/nftables

• /etc/nftables.conf

• /etc/nsswitch.conf

• /etc/resolv.conf

• /etc/sysconfig/nftables.conf

• /etc/xinetd.conf

• /etc/xinetd.d

• /etc/yp.conf

• /proc/net/*

• /sys/class/net/*/device/numa_node

• /sys/class/net/*/flags

• /sys/class/net/*/statistics/*

pam

Sign-in security settings

• /etc/pam.d/*

• /etc/security

pci

Hardware details

• /proc/bus/pci

• /proc/iomem

• /proc/ioports

process

List of all running processes and process details

• /proc/sched_debug

• /proc/stat

• /proc/[0-9]*/smaps

processor

Hardware details

• /proc/cpuinfo

• /sys/class/cpuid

• /sys/devices/system/cpu

rpm

Installed software packages

• /var/lib/rpm/*

• /var/log/rpmpkgs

sar

Resource and usage data

• /var/log/sa/*

selinux

Security settings

• /etc/sestatus.conf

• /etc/selinux

• /var/lib/selinux

services

All defined system services

• /etc/inittab

• /etc/rc.d/*

• /etc/rc.local

ssh

SSH configuration

• /etc/ssh/ssh_config

• /etc/ssh/sshd_config

x11

GUI logs for the X Window System

• /etc/X11/*

• /var/log/Xorg.*.log

• /var/log/Xorg.*.log.old

• /var/log/XFree86.*.log

• /var/log/XFree86.*.log.old

yum

Installed software packages

• /etc/pki/consumer/cert.pem

• /etc/pki/entitlement/*.pem

• /etc/pki/product/*.pem

• /etc/yum/*

• /etc/yum.repos.d/*

• /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/*

• /var/log/dnf.log