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Install log rotate script for Capistrano
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desc "Install log rotate script" | |
task :rotate_logs, :roles => :app do | |
set :use_sudo, true | |
default_run_options[:pty] = true | |
rotate_script = %Q{#{shared_path}/log/*.log { | |
daily | |
missingok | |
rotate 30 | |
compress | |
size 5M | |
delaycompress | |
sharedscripts | |
postrotate | |
touch #{current_path}/tmp/restart.txt | |
endscript | |
}} | |
put rotate_script, "#{shared_path}/logrotate_script" | |
sudo "cp #{shared_path}/logrotate_script /etc/logrotate.d/#{application}_#{rails_env}" | |
run "rm #{shared_path}/logrotate_script" | |
# run manually with: logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/homesav_staging | |
end |
I am assuming you're restarting Passenger because the logfiles are not being freed up. You can use the copytruncate
parameter in the rotate script and you shouldn't have to worry about bouncing it.
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keep 30 days worth of logs
rotate when file size above 5mb
compress logs
missing files are ok, don't throw an error
run daily
restart passenger app only once, not per-logfile