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  • Create /etc/logrotate.d/my-crazy-app file with following snippet:
/var/log/my-crazy-app/*.log {
        daily
        size 500M
        missingok
        rotate 10
        compress
        delaycompress
        notifempty
        create 664 deploy devops
}
  • Activate it as:
sudo logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/my-crazy-app
  • Cross Verify here:
less /var/lib/logrotate/status
  • RTFM man logrotate for more info!
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