saving day old log files in /var/log/apache2/rotate with compression
One of the production servers at my work has a /varlog/apache2 directory that looks like this:
servername.com-access.log
rotated/servername.com-access.log-20190127
rotated/servername.com-access.log-20190126.gz
rotated/servername.com-access.log-20190125.gz
...
I like this approach and want to duplicate it on a personal server but it's not clear to me how this might be done.
My personal server is just logging everything to website.com-access.log. It's not rotating the log files and using this approach the log file is liable to get very big and I just don't like it.
On the production server there's a /etc/logrotate.d/apache2 file with the following contents:
/var/log/apache2/*.log {
daily
missingok
rotate 365
compress
delaycompress
dateext
olddir rotated
notifempty
create 640 root adm
sharedscripts
postrotate
if /etc/init.d/apache2 status > /dev/null ; then
/etc/init.d/apache2 reload > /dev/null;
fi;
endscript
prerotate
if [ -d /etc/logrotate.d/httpd-prerotate ]; then
run-parts /etc/logrotate.d/httpd-prerotate;
fi;
endscript
}
I copied that file to my personal server and thought it'd magically start working as above but it isn't. Does logrotate need to be restarted for the changes to take effect or am I missing something?
ubuntu logging logrotate
asked Feb 10 at 17:46
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One of the production servers at my work has a /varlog/apache2 directory that looks like this:
servername.com-access.log
rotated/servername.com-access.log-20190127
rotated/servername.com-access.log-20190126.gz
rotated/servername.com-access.log-20190125.gz
...
I like this approach and want to duplicate it on a personal server but it's not clear to me how this might be done.
My personal server is just logging everything to website.com-access.log. It's not rotating the log files and using this approach the log file is liable to get very big and I just don't like it.
On the production server there's a /etc/logrotate.d/apache2 file with the following contents:
/var/log/apache2/*.log {
daily
missingok
rotate 365
compress
delaycompress
dateext
olddir rotated
notifempty
create 640 root adm
sharedscripts
postrotate
if /etc/init.d/apache2 status > /dev/null ; then
/etc/init.d/apache2 reload > /dev/null;
fi;
endscript
prerotate
if [ -d /etc/logrotate.d/httpd-prerotate ]; then
run-parts /etc/logrotate.d/httpd-prerotate;
fi;
endscript
}
I copied that file to my personal server and thought it'd magically start working as above but it isn't. Does logrotate need to be restarted for the changes to take effect or am I missing something?
ubuntu logging logrotate
asked Feb 10 at 17:46
neubertneubert
1,833174689
"Does logrotate need to be restarted for the changes to take effect or am I missing something?" -You failed to mention what your logrotation was set at, if it was weekly, then it won't be updated until the cron job runs again. You can force the logrotate to happen with the appropriate command.
– Ramhound
Feb 10 at 18:48
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One of the production servers at my work has a /varlog/apache2 directory that looks like this:
servername.com-access.log
rotated/servername.com-access.log-20190127
rotated/servername.com-access.log-20190126.gz
rotated/servername.com-access.log-20190125.gz
...
I like this approach and want to duplicate it on a personal server but it's not clear to me how this might be done.
My personal server is just logging everything to website.com-access.log. It's not rotating the log files and using this approach the log file is liable to get very big and I just don't like it.
On the production server there's a /etc/logrotate.d/apache2 file with the following contents:
/var/log/apache2/*.log {
daily
missingok
rotate 365
compress
delaycompress
dateext
olddir rotated
notifempty
create 640 root adm
sharedscripts
postrotate
if /etc/init.d/apache2 status > /dev/null ; then
/etc/init.d/apache2 reload > /dev/null;
fi;
endscript
prerotate
if [ -d /etc/logrotate.d/httpd-prerotate ]; then
run-parts /etc/logrotate.d/httpd-prerotate;
fi;
endscript
}
I copied that file to my personal server and thought it'd magically start working as above but it isn't. Does logrotate need to be restarted for the changes to take effect or am I missing something?
ubuntu logging logrotate
asked Feb 10 at 17:46
neubertneubert
1,833174689
One of the production servers at my work has a /varlog/apache2 directory that looks like this:
servername.com-access.log
rotated/servername.com-access.log-20190127
rotated/servername.com-access.log-20190126.gz
rotated/servername.com-access.log-20190125.gz
...
I like this approach and want to duplicate it on a personal server but it's not clear to me how this might be done.
My personal server is just logging everything to website.com-access.log. It's not rotating the log files and using this approach the log file is liable to get very big and I just don't like it.
On the production server there's a /etc/logrotate.d/apache2 file with the following contents:
/var/log/apache2/*.log {
daily
missingok
rotate 365
compress
delaycompress
dateext
olddir rotated
notifempty
create 640 root adm
sharedscripts
postrotate
if /etc/init.d/apache2 status > /dev/null ; then
/etc/init.d/apache2 reload > /dev/null;
fi;
endscript
prerotate
if [ -d /etc/logrotate.d/httpd-prerotate ]; then
run-parts /etc/logrotate.d/httpd-prerotate;
fi;
endscript
}
I copied that file to my personal server and thought it'd magically start working as above but it isn't. Does logrotate need to be restarted for the changes to take effect or am I missing something?
ubuntu logging logrotate
ubuntu logging logrotate
asked Feb 10 at 17:46
neubertneubert
1,833174689
asked Feb 10 at 17:46
neubertneubert
1,833174689
asked Feb 10 at 17:46
neubertneubert
1,833174689
asked Feb 10 at 17:46
neubertneubert
1,833174689
asked Feb 10 at 17:46
neubertneubert
1,833174689
1,833174689
"Does logrotate need to be restarted for the changes to take effect or am I missing something?" -You failed to mention what your logrotation was set at, if it was weekly, then it won't be updated until the cron job runs again. You can force the logrotate to happen with the appropriate command.
– Ramhound
Feb 10 at 18:48
add a comment |
"Does logrotate need to be restarted for the changes to take effect or am I missing something?" -You failed to mention what your logrotation was set at, if it was weekly, then it won't be updated until the cron job runs again. You can force the logrotate to happen with the appropriate command.
– Ramhound
Feb 10 at 18:48
"Does logrotate need to be restarted for the changes to take effect or am I missing something?" -You failed to mention what your logrotation was set at, if it was weekly, then it won't be updated until the cron job runs again. You can force the logrotate to happen with the appropriate command.
– Ramhound
Feb 10 at 18:48
"Does logrotate need to be restarted for the changes to take effect or am I missing something?" -You failed to mention what your logrotation was set at, if it was weekly, then it won't be updated until the cron job runs again. You can force the logrotate to happen with the appropriate command.
– Ramhound
Feb 10 at 18:48
add a comment |
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"Does logrotate need to be restarted for the changes to take effect or am I missing something?" -You failed to mention what your logrotation was set at, if it was weekly, then it won't be updated until the cron job runs again. You can force the logrotate to happen with the appropriate command.
– Ramhound
Feb 10 at 18:48