The definitive solution for sysstat

roles/orangepi/tasks/main.yml

@@ -41,17 +41,8 @@
 
     when: not swap_file_check.stat.exists
 
-  - name: Shorten history for sysstat
-    ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
-      path: /etc/sysstat/sysstat
-      regexp: '^HISTORY=7'
-      line: 'HISTORY=3'
-
-  - name: Keep history for sysstat
-    ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
-      path: /etc/sysstat/sysstat
-      regexp: '^COMPRESSAFTER=10'
-      line: 'COMPRESSAFTER=1'
+  - name: Include tasks sysstat services
+    include_tasks: "{{ role_path }}/tasks/sysstat.yaml"
 
   - name: Install Git packages
     ansible.builtin.apt:

roles/orangepi/tasks/sysstat.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+  - name: Shorten history for sysstat
+    ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
+      path: /etc/sysstat/sysstat
+      regexp: '^HISTORY=7'
+      line: 'HISTORY=3'
+
+  - name: Keep history for sysstat
+    ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
+      path: /etc/sysstat/sysstat
+      regexp: '^COMPRESSAFTER=10'
+      line: 'COMPRESSAFTER=1'
+
+  - name: Create a sysstat directory
+    ansible.builtin.file:
+      path: /var/sysstat
+      state: directory
+      owner: root
+      group: root
+      mode: '0755'
+
+  # sysstat.service simply cannot be in the zram
+  - name:  Change directory for sysstat
+    ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
+      path: /etc/sysstat/sysstat
+      regexp: '^SA_DIR=/var/log/sysstat'
+      line: 'SA_DIR=/var/sysstat'
+
+  - name: Ensure old sysstat is absent
+    ansible.builtin.file:
+      path: /var/log/sysstat
+      state: absent
+
+  - name: Create link to new sysstat
+    ansible.builtin.file:
+      src: /var/sysstat
+      dest: /var/log/sysstat
+      state: link
+
+  - name: Restart system activity logs
+    ansible.builtin.systemd:
+      name: sysstat.service
+      state: restarted