diff --git a/createlinks b/createlinks
index 115c987..24d7747 100755
--- a/createlinks
+++ b/createlinks
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ for my $event ( qw( smeserver-manager-update smanager-refresh bootstrap-console-
 
 event_link('systemd-default', "smeserver-manager-update", '88');
 event_link('systemd-reload', "smeserver-manager-update", '89');
+templates2events("/etc/rsyslog.conf", "smeserver-manager-update");
+safe_symlink("restart",
+    "root/etc/e-smith/events/smeserver-manager-update/services2adjust/rsyslog");
 
 use esmith::Build::Backup qw(:all);
 backup_includes("smeserver-manager", qw(
diff --git a/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/rsyslog.conf/32smanager b/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/rsyslog.conf/32smanager
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f7d6e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/rsyslog.conf/32smanager
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#smanager
+:programname, isequal, "smanager"            /var/log/smanager/smanager.log
+& stop
+
diff --git a/root/etc/logrotate.d/smanager b/root/etc/logrotate.d/smanager
index e119ab6..ad64e7b 100644
--- a/root/etc/logrotate.d/smanager
+++ b/root/etc/logrotate.d/smanager
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-/usr/share/smanager/log/production.log {
+/var/log/smanager/smanager.log {
+  su root root
+  create 600 root root
   weekly
   copytruncate
   rotate 12
diff --git a/root/usr/lib/systemd/system/smanager.service b/root/usr/lib/systemd/system/smanager.service
index 9fe3edf..13beef0 100644
--- a/root/usr/lib/systemd/system/smanager.service
+++ b/root/usr/lib/systemd/system/smanager.service
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ After=network.target
 Type=simple
 SyslogIdentifier=smanager
 WorkingDirectory=/usr/share/smanager/script
-PIDFile=/var/run/smanager.pid
+PIDFile=/run/smanager.pid
 ExecStartPre=/sbin/e-smith/service-status smanager
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/hypnotoad srvmngr -f
 ExecStop=/usr/bin/hypnotoad -s srvmngr
diff --git a/root/var/log/smanager/.gitignore b/root/var/log/smanager/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/smeserver-manager.spec b/smeserver-manager.spec
index d7309c1..5db4ce2 100644
--- a/smeserver-manager.spec
+++ b/smeserver-manager.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Summary: Sme server  navigation module : manager 2
 %define name smeserver-manager
 Name: %{name}
 %define version 11.0.0
-%define release 7
+%define release 8
 Version: %{version}
 Release: %{release}%{?dist}
 License: GPL
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ true
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Apr 30 2024 Jean-Philippe Pialasse <jpp@koozali.org> 11.0.0-8.sme
+- create dedicated log files and logrotate [SME: 12664]
+
 * Tue Apr 30 2024 Brian Read <brianr@koozali.org> 11.0.0-7.sme
 - Remove use of hel command and replace by call to BlockDevices lib [SME: 12644]