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[david]

What is the right way to clean apache2 logs?
/var/log/apache2/access_log and error_log point to
/usr/lib/apache2/logs/access_log and error_log
I have been cd /usr/lib/apache2/logs
rm access_log
touch access_log
chmod 666 access_log same for error_log
I could leave error_log alone because its not very big, I do it to
access_log because it is huge and webalizer complains.
Should root own these logs or apache?
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[Sean Wells]

I use logrotate to loop through the logs daily...I generally only keep a
weeks worth or so due to size.  It'll automatically remove the old ones just
fine in the end.

Sean Wells
Network Administrator
Data Mosaics, Inc.
2406 S. Dishman Mica Rd.  Suite 6
Spokane Valley, WA  99206
866.904.DMSF (phone)
509.928.4236 (fax)
-----Original Message-----
From: david [mailto:abbottdavid@bellsouth.net] 
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 1:01 PM
To: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-server]

What is the right way to clean apache2 logs?
/var/log/apache2/access_log and error_log point to
/usr/lib/apache2/logs/access_log and error_log
I have been cd /usr/lib/apache2/logs
rm access_log
touch access_log
chmod 666 access_log same for error_log
I could leave error_log alone because its not very big, I do it to
access_log because it is huge and webalizer complains.
Should root own these logs or apache?
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Re: [gentoo-server] Apache2 logs

[david]

Sean Wells wrote:

>I use logrotate to loop through the logs daily...I generally only keep a
>weeks worth or so due to size.  It'll automatically remove the old ones just
>fine in the end.
>
>Sean Wells
>Network Administrator
>Data Mosaics, Inc.
>2406 S. Dishman Mica Rd.  Suite 6
>Spokane Valley, WA  99206
>866.904.DMSF (phone)
>509.928.4236 (fax)
>-----Original Message-----
>From: david [mailto:abbottdavid@bellsouth.net] 
>Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 1:01 PM
>To: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org
>Subject: [gentoo-server]
>
>What is the right way to clean apache2 logs?
>/var/log/apache2/access_log and error_log point to
>/usr/lib/apache2/logs/access_log and error_log
>I have been cd /usr/lib/apache2/logs
>rm access_log
>touch access_log
>chmod 666 access_log same for error_log
>I could leave error_log alone because its not very big, I do it to
>access_log because it is huge and webalizer complains.
>Should root own these logs or apache?
>  
>
Thanks looks like what I need, This is just my server here at the house
for my stuff, do I need to edit anything?
# packages can drop log rotation information into this directory
include /etc/logrotate.d

notifempty
nomail
noolddir

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Re: [gentoo-server] Apache2 logs

[david]

david wrote:

>Sean Wells wrote:
>
>  
>
>>I use logrotate to loop through the logs daily...I generally only keep a
>>weeks worth or so due to size.  It'll automatically remove the old ones just
>>fine in the end.
>>
>>Sean Wells
>>Network Administrator
>>Data Mosaics, Inc.
>>2406 S. Dishman Mica Rd.  Suite 6
>>Spokane Valley, WA  99206
>>866.904.DMSF (phone)
>>509.928.4236 (fax)
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: david [mailto:abbottdavid@bellsouth.net] 
>>Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 1:01 PM
>>To: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org
>>Subject: [gentoo-server]
>>
>>What is the right way to clean apache2 logs?
>>/var/log/apache2/access_log and error_log point to
>>/usr/lib/apache2/logs/access_log and error_log
>>I have been cd /usr/lib/apache2/logs
>>rm access_log
>>touch access_log
>>chmod 666 access_log same for error_log
>>I could leave error_log alone because its not very big, I do it to
>>access_log because it is huge and webalizer complains.
>>Should root own these logs or apache?
>> 
>>
>>    
>>
>Thanks looks like what I need, This is just my server here at the house
>for my stuff, do I need to edit anything?
># packages can drop log rotation information into this directory
>include /etc/logrotate.d
>
>notifempty
>nomail
>noolddir
>  
>

>Looks like I need to add this /etc/logrotate.conf after compress;
>
compress
"/var/log/apache2/access_log" /var/log/apache2/error_log {
rotate 5
size 100k
sharescripts
postrotate
    /bin/killall -HUP apache2
endscript
}
Is that right?

> 
>  
>

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RE: [gentoo-server] Apache2 logs

[Sean Wells]

I have the following options turned on in mine:

create
compress
notifempty
nomail
noolddir
/var/log/apache2/*_log {
daily
rotate 7
sharedscripts
postrotate
/etc/init.d/apache2 reload >/dev/null # this makes sure apache doesn't
continue writing to the old logs
endscript
}

Sean Wells
Network Administrator
Data Mosaics, Inc.
2406 S. Dishman Mica Rd.  Suite 6
Spokane Valley, WA  99206
866.904.DMSF (phone)
509.928.4236 (fax)

-----Original Message-----
From: david [mailto:abbottdavid@bellsouth.net] 
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 1:49 PM
To: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] Apache2 logs

david wrote:

>Sean Wells wrote:
>
>  
>
>>I use logrotate to loop through the logs daily...I generally only keep a
>>weeks worth or so due to size.  It'll automatically remove the old ones
just
>>fine in the end.
>>
>>Sean Wells
>>Network Administrator
>>Data Mosaics, Inc.
>>2406 S. Dishman Mica Rd.  Suite 6
>>Spokane Valley, WA  99206
>>866.904.DMSF (phone)
>>509.928.4236 (fax)
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: david [mailto:abbottdavid@bellsouth.net] 
>>Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 1:01 PM
>>To: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org
>>Subject: [gentoo-server]
>>
>>What is the right way to clean apache2 logs?
>>/var/log/apache2/access_log and error_log point to
>>/usr/lib/apache2/logs/access_log and error_log
>>I have been cd /usr/lib/apache2/logs
>>rm access_log
>>touch access_log
>>chmod 666 access_log same for error_log
>>I could leave error_log alone because its not very big, I do it to
>>access_log because it is huge and webalizer complains.
>>Should root own these logs or apache?
>> 
>>
>>    
>>
>Thanks looks like what I need, This is just my server here at the house
>for my stuff, do I need to edit anything?
># packages can drop log rotation information into this directory
>include /etc/logrotate.d
>
>notifempty
>nomail
>noolddir
>  
>

>Looks like I need to add this /etc/logrotate.conf after compress;
>
compress
"/var/log/apache2/access_log" /var/log/apache2/error_log {
rotate 5
size 100k
sharescripts
postrotate
    /bin/killall -HUP apache2
endscript
}
Is that right?

> 
>  
>

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Re: [gentoo-server] Apache2 logs

[david]

Sean Wells wrote:

>I have the following options turned on in mine:
>
>create
>compress
>notifempty
>nomail
>noolddir
>/var/log/apache2/*_log {
>daily
>rotate 7
>sharedscripts
>postrotate
>/etc/init.d/apache2 reload >/dev/null # this makes sure apache doesn't
>continue writing to the old logs
>endscript
>}
>
>Sean Wells
>Network Administrator
>Data Mosaics, Inc.
>2406 S. Dishman Mica Rd.  Suite 6
>Spokane Valley, WA  99206
>866.904.DMSF (phone)
>509.928.4236 (fax)
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: david [mailto:abbottdavid@bellsouth.net] 
>Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 1:49 PM
>To: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org
>Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] Apache2 logs
>
>david wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Sean Wells wrote:
>>
>> 
>>
>>    
>>
>>>I use logrotate to loop through the logs daily...I generally only keep a
>>>weeks worth or so due to size.  It'll automatically remove the old ones
>>>      
>>>
>just
>  
>
>>>fine in the end.
>>>
>>>Sean Wells
>>>Network Administrator
>>>Data Mosaics, Inc.
>>>2406 S. Dishman Mica Rd.  Suite 6
>>>Spokane Valley, WA  99206
>>>866.904.DMSF (phone)
>>>509.928.4236 (fax)
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: david [mailto:abbottdavid@bellsouth.net] 
>>>Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 1:01 PM
>>>To: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org
>>>Subject: [gentoo-server]
>>>
>>>What is the right way to clean apache2 logs?
>>>/var/log/apache2/access_log and error_log point to
>>>/usr/lib/apache2/logs/access_log and error_log
>>>I have been cd /usr/lib/apache2/logs
>>>rm access_log
>>>touch access_log
>>>chmod 666 access_log same for error_log
>>>I could leave error_log alone because its not very big, I do it to
>>>access_log because it is huge and webalizer complains.
>>>Should root own these logs or apache?
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>Thanks looks like what I need, This is just my server here at the house
>>for my stuff, do I need to edit anything?
>># packages can drop log rotation information into this directory
>>include /etc/logrotate.d
>>
>>notifempty
>>nomail
>>noolddir
>> 
>>
>>    
>>
>
>  
>
>>Looks like I need to add this /etc/logrotate.conf after compress;
>>
>>    
>>
>compress
>"/var/log/apache2/access_log" /var/log/apache2/error_log {
>rotate 5
>size 100k
>sharescripts
>postrotate
>    /bin/killall -HUP apache2
>endscript
>}
>Is that right?
>
>  
>
>> 
>>
>>    
>>
>
>  
>
Works great thanks, I just commented the
#include /etc/logrotate.d it had mysql and syslog-ng in there so
now logrotate is only looking for apache logs
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Re: [gentoo-server] Apache2 logs

[Ow Mun Heng]

On Mon, 2005-08-08 at 17:27 -0400, david wrote:
> Sean Wells wrote:
> 
> >I have the following options turned on in mine:
> >
> >create
> >compress
> >notifempty
> >nomail
> >noolddir
> >/var/log/apache2/*_log {
> >daily
> >rotate 7
> >sharedscripts
> >postrotate
> >/etc/init.d/apache2 reload >/dev/null # this makes sure apache doesn't
> >continue writing to the old logs
> >endscript
> >}


Mine
/var/log/apache2/*log {
        missingok
        notifempty
        sharedscripts
        postrotate
                /bin/kill -USR1 `cat /var/run/httpd.pid 2>/dev/null`
2> /dev/null || true
         endscript
}


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Re: [gentoo-server] Apache2 logs

[peter.gantner]

> Sean Wells wrote:
>> What is the right way to clean apache2 logs?

Quoth david (on Monday, the 8th of August):
>> I use logrotate to loop through the logs daily...I generally only keep a
>> weeks worth or so due to size.  It'll automatically remove the old ones just
>> fine in the end.

> Thanks looks like what I need, This is just my server here at the house
> for my stuff, do I need to edit anything?
> # packages can drop log rotation information into this directory
> include /etc/logrotate.d
>
> notifempty
> nomail
> noolddir

As always, the man page to logrotate provides helpful hints. Also, the 
default conf file.

interesting options in logrotate include
compress # gzips old logs
keep N	# keeps N <periods> of logs
where <periods> can be specified with daily|weekly|monthly

also, the "postrotate" option, which lets you specify an action/script 
to execute just after logs have been rotated, like e.g.:

postrotate
apache2ctl graceful
endscript


In Gentoo, the apache package drops a useful default file to 
/etc/logrotate.d/apache2

HINT: when playing with logrotate and the compress option, and using 
app-admin/sysklogd, be aware of the things in 
/etc/cron.daily/syslog.cron: most of the logfiles created by syslog will 
be rotated by this script, so don't include them in your logrotate 
setup!

Greets,
 	Peter G.
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Re: [gentoo-server] Apache2 logs

[A. Khattri]

On Mon, 8 Aug 2005, david wrote:

> Sean Wells wrote:
>
> >I use logrotate to loop through the logs daily...I generally only keep a
> >weeks worth or so due to size.  It'll automatically remove the old ones just
> >fine in the end.

I just use cronolog and avoid the whole logrotate stuff completely ;-)


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