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+#!/bin/bash
+# Ensure the log directory exists at runtime.
+#
+# The Containerfile creates $LOGDIR during the image build, but when a
+# PersistentVolumeClaim (PVC) is mounted at the parent path
+# /opt/puppetlabs/server/data/puppetdb/ (common in Kubernetes), the mount
+# overlays the entire directory with an empty volume — erasing the logs/
+# subdirectory that was created at build time.
+#
+# Without this, the JVM fails fatally on startup:
+#   Error opening log file '$LOGDIR/puppetdb_gc.log': No such file or directory
+#   Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
+
+mkdir -p "${LOGDIR}"
+chown puppetdb:puppetdb "${LOGDIR}"