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