[gentoo-user] logrotate trouble
logrotate doesn't seem to be rotating my logs properly and I'm having
some apache2 problems that must be related to my use of postrotate in
logrotate.conf.
In logrotate.conf I have this:
daily
rotate 4
create
include /etc/logrotate.d
notifempty
nomail
noolddir
Are "daily" and "rotate n" defaults? The configuration examples I've
seen specify "daily" and "rotate n" in the log config sections.
My log config sections are like this:
/var/log/apache2/access_log {
daily
rotate 99
postrotate
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
endscript
}
for access_log, ssl_access_log, ssl_request_log, error_log, and
ssl_error_log with apache2 restarting for each. I'm thinking that is
pretty bad. Can anyone give me any pointers on this?
- Grant
P.S. logrotate.conf came with this:
/var/log/wtmp {
monthly
create 0664 root utmp
rotate 1
}
What is that?
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Re: [gentoo-user] logrotate trouble
On Thursday 17 February 2005 16:42, Grant wrote:
<...>
> My log config sections are like this:
>
> /var/log/apache2/access_log {
> daily
> rotate 99
> postrotate
> /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
> endscript
> }
>
> for access_log, ssl_access_log, ssl_request_log, error_log, and
> ssl_error_log with apache2 restarting for each. I'm thinking that is
> pretty bad. Can anyone give me any pointers on this?
You could do something like this:
/var/log/apache2/access_log /var/log/apache2/ssl_access_log
/var/log/apache2/ssl_request_log,
error_log /var/log/apache2/ssl_error_log {
daily
rotate 99
sharedscripts
postrotate
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
endscript
}
The sharedscripts option means that the postrotate script will only be
executed once for all files. So apache will only be restarted once.
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Re: [gentoo-user] logrotate trouble
> > My log config sections are like this:
> >
> > /var/log/apache2/access_log {
> > daily
> > rotate 99
> > postrotate
> > /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
> > endscript
> > }
> >
> > for access_log, ssl_access_log, ssl_request_log, error_log, and
> > ssl_error_log with apache2 restarting for each. I'm thinking that is
> > pretty bad. Can anyone give me any pointers on this?
>
> You could do something like this:
>
> /var/log/apache2/access_log /var/log/apache2/ssl_access_log
> /var/log/apache2/ssl_request_log,
> error_log /var/log/apache2/ssl_error_log {
> daily
> rotate 99
> sharedscripts
> postrotate
> /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
> endscript
> }
>
> The sharedscripts option means that the postrotate script will only be
> executed once for all files. So apache will only be restarted once.
Got it, thank you!
- Grant
> Guilherme Cirne
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Re: [gentoo-user] logrotate trouble
quoth the Guilheme Cirne:
> On Thursday 17 February 2005 16:42, Grant wrote:
> <...>
>
> > My log config sections are like this:
> >
> > /var/log/apache2/access_log {
> > daily
> > rotate 99
> > postrotate
> > /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
> > endscript
> > }
> >
> > for access_log, ssl_access_log, ssl_request_log, error_log, and
> > ssl_error_log with apache2 restarting for each. I'm thinking that is
> > pretty bad. Can anyone give me any pointers on this?
>
> You could do something like this:
>
> /var/log/apache2/access_log /var/log/apache2/ssl_access_log
> /var/log/apache2/ssl_request_log, error_log /var/log/apache2/ssl_error_log
> {
> daily
> rotate 99
> sharedscripts
> postrotate
> /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
> endscript
> }
Or more succinctly:
/var/log/apache2/*log
{
daily
rotate 99
sharedscripts
postrotate
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
endscript
}
> The sharedscripts option means that the postrotate script will only be
> executed once for all files. So apache will only be restarted once.
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