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Description of problem:
When "logging_purge_confs: true" is set in the playbook as [0], if the cleanup task is executed as in [1], all the config files in /etc/rsyslog.d are wiped out.

Then the cleanup task tries to restart rsyslogd to fail with the broken configuration. 

[0]- https://github.com/linux-system-roles/logging/blob/master/tests/tests_basics_files.yml#L286
[1] - https://github.com/linux-system-roles/logging/blob/master/tests/tests_basics_files.yml#L387

To avoid the broken configuration problem, the logging role generates a backup file of /etc/rsyslog.conf and files in /etc/rsyslog.d prior to running the logging role and store it in /var/lib/rsyslog.

Then, if logging_restore_confs is set to true, the configuration files in the backup file are restored in /etc.

This is useful to reset the rsyslog configration as in [1].


To verify, run TEST CASE 3 in tests_basics_files.yml.
https://github.com/linux-system-roles/logging/blob/master/tests/tests_basics_files.yml#L282

Note: this bz is a rhel-9 counterpart of Bug 2040812.

*** Bug 1990971 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (new packages: rhel-system-roles), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2022:2443