Logrotate unix

Logrotate unix

LOGROTATE CENTOS
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INFO
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Check is logrotate active:

	cat /etc/cron.daily/logrotate

A log rotate command is: 

	/usr/sbin/logrotate

Example of script that executes by daily: 
	
	/etc/cron.daily/logrotate

Main log configuration
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	cat /etc/logrotate.conf

A typical logrotate for HTTP server is under: 

	cat /etc/logrotate.d/httpd 


Add custom log into HTTP service
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	vi /etc/logrotate.d/httpd

Add a custom log:

	/var/www/html/*log {
	    minsize 50M
	    rotate 4
	    create
	    missingok
	    sharedscripts
	    delaycompress
	    postrotate
		/sbin/service httpd reload > /dev/null 2>/dev/null || true
	    endscript
	}