Re: [gentoo-server] Apache2 logs

[peter.gantner@stud.uni-graz.at]

> 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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