diff --git a/roles/nginx/defaults/main.yml b/roles/nginx/defaults/main.yml
index 2a7b25b..5343b23 100644
--- a/roles/nginx/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nginx/defaults/main.yml
@@ -14,3 +14,12 @@ nginx_client_max_body_size: 100M
 # SSL configuration (volontarily omit TLSv1.2 here)
 nginx_ssl_protocols: TLSv1.3
 nginx_ssl_prefer_server_ciphers: true
+
+# Logging configuration
+# Backend: 'file' (traditional /var/log/nginx/*.log) or 'journald' (systemd journal)
+nginx_log_backend: journald
+
+# Logrotate configuration (only used when nginx_log_backend: file)
+nginx_logrotate_rotate: 14 # Keep 14 days of logs
+nginx_logrotate_frequency: daily # daily|weekly|monthly
+nginx_logrotate_compress: true # Compress rotated logs
diff --git a/roles/nginx/tasks/main.yml b/roles/nginx/tasks/main.yml
index 37a5aca..77b3456 100644
--- a/roles/nginx/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nginx/tasks/main.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
     - "{{ ansible_facts['os_family'] }}.yml"
     - debian.yml
 
+- name: Set nginx_user if not already set
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    nginx_user: "{{ nginx_user | default('www-data') }}"
+
 - name: Install nginx
   ansible.builtin.package:
     name: nginx
@@ -28,6 +32,21 @@
     validate: nginx -t -c %s
   notify: Reload nginx
 
+- name: Deploy logrotate configuration for nginx
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: logrotate-nginx.j2
+    dest: /etc/logrotate.d/nginx
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: "0644"
+  when: nginx_log_backend == 'file'
+
+- name: Remove logrotate configuration when using journald
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: /etc/logrotate.d/nginx
+    state: absent
+  when: nginx_log_backend == 'journald'
+
 - name: Allow HTTP traffic through firewall
   community.general.ufw:
     rule: allow
diff --git a/roles/nginx/templates/nginx.conf.j2 b/roles/nginx/templates/nginx.conf.j2
index 154eff7..8c93c48 100644
--- a/roles/nginx/templates/nginx.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/nginx/templates/nginx.conf.j2
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 user {{ nginx_user }};
 worker_processes {{ nginx_worker_processes }};
+{% if nginx_log_backend == 'journald' %}
+error_log syslog:server=unix:/dev/log,nohostname;
+{% else %}
 error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;
+{% endif %}
 pid /run/nginx.pid;
 
 include /usr/share/nginx/modules/*.conf;
@@ -14,7 +18,11 @@ http {
                       '$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
                       '"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for"';
 
+{% if nginx_log_backend == 'journald' %}
+    access_log syslog:server=unix:/dev/log,nohostname main;
+{% else %}
     access_log  /var/log/nginx/access.log  main;
+{% endif %}
 
     sendfile            on;
     tcp_nopush          on;
diff --git a/roles/podman/defaults/main.yml b/roles/podman/defaults/main.yml
index b901c1b..7e1718a 100644
--- a/roles/podman/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/podman/defaults/main.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,18 @@ podman_subnet: ""
 # Podman bridge gateway IP (typically .1 of the bridge network)
 # Used by services that need to bind to the bridge interface
 
+# OCI Runtime
+# crun (default, modern C runtime - fast) or runc (original Go runtime)
+podman_runtime: crun
+
+# Container logging configuration
+# Log driver: journald (systemd journal) or k8s-file (JSON files)
+podman_log_driver: journald
+
+# k8s-file driver settings (only used when podman_log_driver: k8s-file)
+podman_log_max_size: 10mb # Max size per log file before rotation
+podman_log_max_files: 5 # Max number of rotated log files to keep
+
 # Each network should define: name, subnet, gateway
 # podman_external_networks: []
 # Example:
diff --git a/roles/podman/tasks/main.yml b/roles/podman/tasks/main.yml
index 58885af..4cb26ba 100644
--- a/roles/podman/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/podman/tasks/main.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     name:
       - podman
       - podman-compose
+      - crun
     state: present
 
 - name: Create projects directory
@@ -22,6 +23,14 @@
     group: root
     mode: "0644"
 
+- name: Deploy Podman containers configuration
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: containers.conf.j2
+    dest: /etc/containers/containers.conf
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: "0644"
+
 - name: Create external Podman networks
   containers.podman.podman_network:
     name: "{{ item.name }}"
diff --git a/roles/postgres/defaults/main.yml b/roles/postgres/defaults/main.yml
index a4bb377..447d8a7 100644
--- a/roles/postgres/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/postgres/defaults/main.yml
@@ -26,3 +26,26 @@ postgres_effective_cache_size: 1GB
 postgres_maintenance_work_mem: 64MB
 postgres_work_mem: 4MB
 postgres_max_connections: 100
+
+# Logging configuration
+# Backend: 'journald' (systemd journal) or 'file' (traditional log files)
+postgres_log_backend: journald
+
+# Logging settings (apply to both backends)
+postgres_log_min_duration_statement: -1 # -1 disables, 0 logs all, >0 logs slow queries (ms)
+postgres_log_line_prefix: "%m [%p] %q%u@%d " # timestamp [pid] user@database
+postgres_log_timezone: UTC
+
+# File backend settings (only used when postgres_log_backend: file)
+postgres_log_destination: stderr # stderr|csvlog|syslog
+postgres_logging_collector: "on" # Enable log file collection
+postgres_log_directory: log # Relative to data directory
+postgres_log_filename: postgresql-%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S.log
+postgres_log_rotation_age: 1d # Rotate after this time (0 disables)
+postgres_log_rotation_size: 100MB # Rotate after this size (0 disables)
+postgres_log_truncate_on_rotation: "off" # Overwrite old log files with same name
+
+# Logrotate configuration (only used when postgres_log_backend: file)
+postgres_logrotate_rotate: 14 # Keep 14 days of logs
+postgres_logrotate_frequency: daily # daily|weekly|monthly
+postgres_logrotate_compress: true # Compress rotated logs
diff --git a/roles/postgres/tasks/main.yml b/roles/postgres/tasks/main.yml
index dbb90e4..c538350 100644
--- a/roles/postgres/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/postgres/tasks/main.yml
@@ -73,6 +73,21 @@
     enabled: true
     state: started
 
+- name: Deploy logrotate configuration for PostgreSQL
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: logrotate-postgresql.j2
+    dest: /etc/logrotate.d/postgresql
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: "0644"
+  when: postgres_log_backend == 'file'
+
+- name: Remove logrotate configuration when using journald
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: /etc/logrotate.d/postgresql
+    state: absent
+  when: postgres_log_backend == 'journald'
+
 - name: Set PostgreSQL admin user password
   community.postgresql.postgresql_user:
     name: "{{ postgres_admin_user }}"
diff --git a/roles/postgres/templates/custom.conf.j2 b/roles/postgres/templates/custom.conf.j2
index 32f2cdb..c4ece99 100644
--- a/roles/postgres/templates/custom.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/postgres/templates/custom.conf.j2
@@ -11,3 +11,26 @@ effective_cache_size = {{ postgres_effective_cache_size }}
 maintenance_work_mem = {{ postgres_maintenance_work_mem }}
 work_mem = {{ postgres_work_mem }}
 max_connections = {{ postgres_max_connections }}
+
+# Logging configuration
+{% if postgres_log_backend == 'journald' %}
+# Log to systemd journal via stderr (journald captures it automatically)
+log_destination = 'stderr'
+logging_collector = off
+{% else %}
+# Log to files
+log_destination = '{{ postgres_log_destination }}'
+logging_collector = {{ postgres_logging_collector }}
+log_directory = '{{ postgres_log_directory }}'
+log_filename = '{{ postgres_log_filename }}'
+log_rotation_age = {{ postgres_log_rotation_age }}
+log_rotation_size = {{ postgres_log_rotation_size }}
+log_truncate_on_rotation = {{ postgres_log_truncate_on_rotation }}
+{% endif %}
+
+# Logging details (applies to both backends)
+log_line_prefix = '{{ postgres_log_line_prefix }}'
+log_timezone = '{{ postgres_log_timezone }}'
+{% if postgres_log_min_duration_statement >= 0 %}
+log_min_duration_statement = {{ postgres_log_min_duration_statement }}
+{% endif %}