diff --git a/states/rsyslog/defaults.yaml b/states/rsyslog/defaults.yaml
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/states/rsyslog/defaults.yaml
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+---
+rsyslog: {}
diff --git a/states/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf.j2.orig b/states/rsyslog/orig/rsyslog.conf
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rename from states/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf.j2.orig
rename to states/rsyslog/orig/rsyslog.conf