logrotate.erb

<%#
  Based out of the opsworks template located at:
  https://github.com/aws/opsworks-cookbooks/blob/release-chef-11.10/deploy/templates/default/logrotate.erb

  We want to limit the daily log file size to 100mb, so that it does not consume the servers disk space over time
%>

<% @log_dirs.each do |dir| %><%= dir %>/*.log <% end %> {
  size 50M
  missingok
  rotate <%= node[:logrotate][:rotate] %>
  compress
  delaycompress
  notifempty
  copytruncate
  sharedscripts
  <% if (node[:platform] == 'ubuntu' && node[:platform_version] == '14.04') || rhel7? -%>
  su root root
  <% end -%>
}