Logrotate doesn't rotate logs
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I want to use logrorate. The logs are written to /var/log/curLog/log.log. As mentioned in the documentation, I create a new file in /etc/logrotate.d/ with name currentLog. The content of currentLog is:
/var/log/curLog/log.log{
size 100k,
rotate 10,
daily,
compress,
notifempty
missingok
}
But the logs increase above the 100k size, and nothing happens.
Should I restart some service or do some other operations?
logrotate
edited Nov 24 at 20:09
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I want to use logrorate. The logs are written to /var/log/curLog/log.log. As mentioned in the documentation, I create a new file in /etc/logrotate.d/ with name currentLog. The content of currentLog is:
/var/log/curLog/log.log{
size 100k,
rotate 10,
daily,
compress,
notifempty
missingok
}
But the logs increase above the 100k size, and nothing happens.
Should I restart some service or do some other operations?
logrotate
edited Nov 24 at 20:09
Rui F Ribeiro
38.3k1476127
asked Aug 25 '14 at 8:22
Or Smith
1132
No logrotate runs with cron not as a deamon. That article may help:rackspace.com/knowledge_center/article/…
– alpert
Aug 25 '14 at 8:44
Remove the commas, and it should work fine.
– Christopher
Aug 25 '14 at 11:56
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I want to use logrorate. The logs are written to /var/log/curLog/log.log. As mentioned in the documentation, I create a new file in /etc/logrotate.d/ with name currentLog. The content of currentLog is:
/var/log/curLog/log.log{
size 100k,
rotate 10,
daily,
compress,
notifempty
missingok
}
But the logs increase above the 100k size, and nothing happens.
Should I restart some service or do some other operations?
logrotate
edited Nov 24 at 20:09
Rui F Ribeiro
38.3k1476127
asked Aug 25 '14 at 8:22
Or Smith
1132
I want to use logrorate. The logs are written to /var/log/curLog/log.log. As mentioned in the documentation, I create a new file in /etc/logrotate.d/ with name currentLog. The content of currentLog is:
/var/log/curLog/log.log{
size 100k,
rotate 10,
daily,
compress,
notifempty
missingok
}
But the logs increase above the 100k size, and nothing happens.
Should I restart some service or do some other operations?
logrotate
logrotate
edited Nov 24 at 20:09
Rui F Ribeiro
38.3k1476127
asked Aug 25 '14 at 8:22
Or Smith
1132
edited Nov 24 at 20:09
Rui F Ribeiro
38.3k1476127
asked Aug 25 '14 at 8:22
Or Smith
1132
edited Nov 24 at 20:09
Rui F Ribeiro
38.3k1476127
edited Nov 24 at 20:09
Rui F Ribeiro
38.3k1476127
edited Nov 24 at 20:09
Rui F Ribeiro
38.3k1476127
38.3k1476127
asked Aug 25 '14 at 8:22
Or Smith
1132
asked Aug 25 '14 at 8:22
Or Smith
1132
asked Aug 25 '14 at 8:22
Or Smith
1132
1132
No logrotate runs with cron not as a deamon. That article may help:rackspace.com/knowledge_center/article/…
– alpert
Aug 25 '14 at 8:44
Remove the commas, and it should work fine.
– Christopher
Aug 25 '14 at 11:56
add a comment |
No logrotate runs with cron not as a deamon. That article may help:rackspace.com/knowledge_center/article/…
– alpert
Aug 25 '14 at 8:44
Remove the commas, and it should work fine.
– Christopher
Aug 25 '14 at 11:56
No logrotate runs with cron not as a deamon. That article may help:rackspace.com/knowledge_center/article/…
– alpert
Aug 25 '14 at 8:44
No logrotate runs with cron not as a deamon. That article may help:rackspace.com/knowledge_center/article/…
– alpert
Aug 25 '14 at 8:44
Remove the commas, and it should work fine.
– Christopher
Aug 25 '14 at 11:56
Remove the commas, and it should work fine.
– Christopher
Aug 25 '14 at 11:56
add a comment |
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You have 3 options that dictate the when the rotation occurs.
size 100k # if size > 100k
daily # once a day
notifempty # not if == 0k
Remove the daily and it should occur more regularly when the file is > 100k
Second, If the process that creates the log file is a daemon that keeps the file open, you will most likely need to restart that process or at least signal it to open a new log file once logrotate has moved the old one.
For example, Apache httpd can graciously reload config and reopen log files with the kill -SIGUSR1 <pid> or /usr/sbin/apachectl graceful command rather than being completely restarted.
postrotate
/usr/sbin/apachectl graceful > /dev/null
endscript
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You have 3 options that dictate the when the rotation occurs.
size 100k # if size > 100k
daily # once a day
notifempty # not if == 0k
Remove the daily and it should occur more regularly when the file is > 100k
Second, If the process that creates the log file is a daemon that keeps the file open, you will most likely need to restart that process or at least signal it to open a new log file once logrotate has moved the old one.
For example, Apache httpd can graciously reload config and reopen log files with the kill -SIGUSR1 <pid> or /usr/sbin/apachectl graceful command rather than being completely restarted.
postrotate
/usr/sbin/apachectl graceful > /dev/null
endscript
answered Aug 25 '14 at 8:55
Matt
5,94511625
add a comment |
up vote
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You have 3 options that dictate the when the rotation occurs.
size 100k # if size > 100k
daily # once a day
notifempty # not if == 0k
Remove the daily and it should occur more regularly when the file is > 100k
Second, If the process that creates the log file is a daemon that keeps the file open, you will most likely need to restart that process or at least signal it to open a new log file once logrotate has moved the old one.
For example, Apache httpd can graciously reload config and reopen log files with the kill -SIGUSR1 <pid> or /usr/sbin/apachectl graceful command rather than being completely restarted.
postrotate
/usr/sbin/apachectl graceful > /dev/null
endscript
answered Aug 25 '14 at 8:55
Matt
5,94511625
add a comment |
up vote
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up vote
0
down vote
You have 3 options that dictate the when the rotation occurs.
size 100k # if size > 100k
daily # once a day
notifempty # not if == 0k
Remove the daily and it should occur more regularly when the file is > 100k
Second, If the process that creates the log file is a daemon that keeps the file open, you will most likely need to restart that process or at least signal it to open a new log file once logrotate has moved the old one.
For example, Apache httpd can graciously reload config and reopen log files with the kill -SIGUSR1 <pid> or /usr/sbin/apachectl graceful command rather than being completely restarted.
postrotate
/usr/sbin/apachectl graceful > /dev/null
endscript
answered Aug 25 '14 at 8:55
Matt
5,94511625
You have 3 options that dictate the when the rotation occurs.
size 100k # if size > 100k
daily # once a day
notifempty # not if == 0k
Remove the daily and it should occur more regularly when the file is > 100k
Second, If the process that creates the log file is a daemon that keeps the file open, you will most likely need to restart that process or at least signal it to open a new log file once logrotate has moved the old one.
For example, Apache httpd can graciously reload config and reopen log files with the kill -SIGUSR1 <pid> or /usr/sbin/apachectl graceful command rather than being completely restarted.
postrotate
/usr/sbin/apachectl graceful > /dev/null
endscript
answered Aug 25 '14 at 8:55
Matt
5,94511625
answered Aug 25 '14 at 8:55
Matt
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answered Aug 25 '14 at 8:55
Matt
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answered Aug 25 '14 at 8:55
Matt
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No logrotate runs with cron not as a deamon. That article may help:rackspace.com/knowledge_center/article/…
– alpert
Aug 25 '14 at 8:44
Remove the commas, and it should work fine.
– Christopher
Aug 25 '14 at 11:56