There are other ways to do it.
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You can use the Sambar Server (free version, http://www.sambarserver.info)
to automatically rotate the logs without stopping/starting Apache. I am
running Sambar just for the very handy utilities in it and do not serve
sites with it.
Sambar has a sophisticated log rotation feature. It empties the logs and
saves (daily, weekly, montly) the rotated logs compressed in folders like
..\log\2007\09\acces.log-23.gz and it can generate simple Log Reports (can
even be mailed to you). Also there is a web-interface to view logs, this
with a search facility.
Configuration in short: run Sambar on an other port and define in Sambar the
same logs (and log format) as in Apache, Sambar and Apache shares the same
logs (you can instruct Sambar not to log request). When you have logs for
your virtual hosts you can also share them as well as the error.log (define
in Apache the Sambar log location server.log).
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Also you can use Awstats a logfile analyzer http://awstats.sourceforge.net/
It has a option after you run the statistics to clean the log and backup
the log file.
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And final with no starting/stopping: Just copy (not a move like in the
script below) the logs from an running Apache to an other location and
(g)zip it and copy emtpy logfiles over to the Apache logs.
Steffen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark A. Craig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <users@httpd.apache.org>
Sent: Thursday, 20 September, 2007 11:15
Subject: Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Apache 2.2, rotatelogs.exe, and Windows
In the meantime, I managed to find this, which I thought worth sharing in
spite of the bad English grammar:
AB's Useful Box - Apache for Win32 Log file Rotation
So you have finished installing Apache for Win32, one of the best web
servers you can get on your WinNT / Win2K / WinXP machine, but find that
it's log files, access.log and error.log just keep on growing !
Well fear not, it is possible to manage those log files, and automate the
process with out to much grief.
The following batch file, the was written and tested on WinXP, but should
just as well on WinNT and Win2K, should:
* store the current date and time into a varible
* stop the Apache web service
* move the log files, using the date/time as unique filename
* restart the Apache web service
* if prefered, use a command line zip utility to zip the logs
* keep only the last "x" logs, and delete old
@echo off
:: Name - svrlogmng.bat
:: Description - Server Log File Manager
::
:: History
:: Date Authory Change
:: 22-May-2005 AGButler Original
::
:: ========================================================
:: setup variables and parameters
:: ========================================================
:: generate date and time varibles
for /f "tokens=2,3,4 delims=/ " %%i in ('date /T') do set trdt=%%k%%j%%i
for /f "tokens=1,2 delims=: " %%i in ('time /T') do set trtt=%%i%%j
set nftu=%trdt%%trtt%
:: set the Number Of Archives To Keep
set /a noatk=7
:: ========================================================
:: turn over log files
:: ========================================================
:: change to the apacge log file direcoty
cd "c:\program files\apache group\apache\logs\"
:: stop Apache Service, Move log files and restart Apache Service
net stop apache
echo %nftu% >> access.log
move "c:\program files\apache group\apache\logs\access.log" "c:\program
files\apache group\apache\logs\%nftu%_access.log"
echo %nftu% >> error.log
move "c:\program files\apache group\apache\logs\error.log" "c:\program
files\apache group\apache\logs\%nftu%_error.log"
net start apache
:: ========================================================
:: zip todays Access and Error log files, then delete old logs
:: ========================================================
:: zip the files
7za a -tzip %nftu%_logs.zip %nftu%_access.log %nftu%_error.log
:: del the files
del /Q %nftu%_*.log
:: ========================================================
:: rotate the zip files
:: ========================================================
:: make list of archive zip files
type NUL > arclist.dat
for /F "tokens=1,2 delims=[] " %%i in ('dir /B *_logs.zip ^| find /N
"_logs.zip"') do echo %%i = %%j>> arclist.dat
:: count total number of files
for /F "tokens=1 delims=" %%i in ('type arclist.dat ^| find /C
"_logs.zip"') do
set tnof=%%i
:: setup for and create the deletion list
set /a negtk=%noatk%*-1
set /a tntd=%tnof% - %noatk%
type NUL>dellist.dat
for /L %%i in (%negtk%,1,%tntd%) do find " %%i = " arclist.dat >>
dellist.dat
:: del the old files
for /F "tokens=3 delims= " %%i in ('find "_logs.zip" dellist.dat') do del
/Q %%i
:: remove temp files
del /Q arclist.dat
del /Q dellist.dat
:end
The command line 7za zip utility is available from http://www.7-zip.org
The best method is to just put the 7za.exe file into your system32 folder.
Then it is just a matter of calling the batch file from the windows
scheduler. On WinNT this is done on the commend line via AT and on WinXP
this is done via Scheduled Tasks found in the Control Panel.
Some other things that can be done after the files have been moved, but
before they are zipped, it to produce statistics from the access.log data.
For example, how many times pages are being visited and from where.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Apache 2.2, rotatelogs.exe, and Windows
From: Phillip Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: users@httpd.apache.org
Date: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 07:17:50 PM
I'll be back at my post on Monday, from there I'll be able to access the
files and I'd be happy to share it.
It's very simple if you're familiar with batch files.
1. Stop apache (using net stop)
2. Move logs to new folder (xcopy)
3. Restart apache (net start)
4. Rar the logs up with Winrar (smaller files than Winzip, RAR.EXE -m
file).
Lather, rinse, repeat every 12 hours. The server is only down a split
second
so no one even notices. The file move (since it's not a copy) is almost
instant.
If you come up with something snazzy with WSH I'd be interested in taking
a
peek
if you feel like sharing. -----Original Message-----
From: Mark A. Craig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday,
September 18, 2007 2:01 PM
To: users@httpd.apache.org
Subject: Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Apache 2.2, rotatelogs.exe, and Windows
Philip, do you use a scheduled CMD file to gracefully kill the server,
rotate the logs, and then restart the server? Given that rumor has it
that piping
is broken in 2.2.4, it seems something like that is the only way to do it
right
now, eh? If what you're using contains no trade secrets, I'd be very
curious to see exactly what you're using, so I can use it as boilerplate
for my own solution. I wonder if it could also be accomplished via a WSH
file instead,
and whether that would provide extra flexibility or benefits?
Mark
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Apache 2.2, rotatelogs.exe, and Windows
From: Phillip Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: users@httpd.apache.org
Date: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 11:50:08 AM
I wholeheartedly disagree with this statement:
Apache holds only a tiny share of Windows servers.
Apache holds a very large share of Windows server market, hence the
pre-made binary.
Back on topic, I rotate via a bat file with a quick re-start on my
windows
boxes ;)
-----Original Message-----
From: Dragon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September
18, 2007 1:02 PM
To: users@httpd.apache.org
Subject: Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Apache 2.2, rotatelogs.exe, and Windows
Mark A. Craig wrote:
So this leads me to ask again, what are all of you successful 2.2.4
admins using to rotate your logs? If the piping mechanism is broken,
at least in the Windows binary, then what other technique(s) are people
using? Task Scheduler with a batch or CMD file?
So far I've been manually rotating the logs, but I'd understandably
like to automate it.
---------------- End original message. ---------------------
I think you will find that the vast majority of people using Apache are
not doing so on the Windows platform. Most people who have committed to
the Windows platform have also committed to IIS. Apache dominates the
Linux environment and is used frequently on BSD and similar Unix-based
platforms. Apache holds only a tiny share of Windows servers.
I believe that those few who are using Apache on Windows tend to be
hobbyists or developers using it to serve their own stuff or to do
development off-line. I am willing to bet there are very few people
using it in a production environment under Windows.
So it is entirely possible that there may be nobody on this list who has
an answer for you. The set of people using it in the same manner you are
is small to begin with and there may not be many of them subscribed to
this list.
Repeatedly posting demanding
Dragon
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