Re: Access and Error Logs Being Created Before Reaching Maximum Size or Time

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This may be a dumb question but do you have logrotate running from cron?

If so, check your configuration and see if the log is being rotated by BOTH  
logrotate AND httpd.

Regards,

John
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On Friday 08 March 2013 08:02:36 Steve Penner wrote:
> BRIEF BACKGROUND
> From the Internet, users can access my web server using EITHER name
> *website1*.dynalias.org OR *website2*.dyndns.blog.com (provided by
> DynDNS.com dynamic DNS).  The VHOSTS file sends them to different
> document routes depending on the name they chose.   In addition, I can
> enter "http://localhost"; and be taken to a different document root
> (should not be accessible to those outside); this too defined in VHOSTS
> file (see below).
> 
> {Note the hostnames *website1 *and *website2 *are replacements of real
> names, but the rest of each name is real (domain+tld)]
> 
> _*THE PROBLEM*_
> My two log files, error and access, for all three virtual hosts are
> being rotated well before they have reached size or time limit! 
> Practically being rotated on the beginning of a new day.  What is
> happening?
> 
> =================================
> 
> The two sections below (LOG FILE DEFINITIONS / CONFIGURATION) are in the
> httpd.conf and httpd-vhosts.conf files to show how the log file config
> are set up.
> 
> The section at the bottom contains possibly relevant additional
> information.
> 
> If you note/observe any (other) alarming configuration setting or other
> problem/misconfiguration, your reply is appreciated.
> 
> =================================
> 
> LOG FILE DEFINITIONS / CONFIGURATIONS in _*httpd.conf*_  (entries are
> indented to point to config file lines)
> 
>    ErrorLog "|\"C:/_Windows Uninstalled
> Applications/Apache24/bin/rotatelogs.exe\"
> \"D:/WebServerConfig/httpd/logs/error%Y%b%d.log\" 7776000"
>    LogLevel notice
>    #mod log_config is loaded!
>    <IfModule log_config_module>
>     #
>     # The following directives define some format nicknames for use with
>     # a CustomLog directive (see below).
>     #
>     LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %B \"%{Referer}i\"
> \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined
>     LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %B" common
>       # mod log_io is NOT loaded
>     <IfModule logio_module>
>       # You need to enable mod_logio.c to use %I and %O
>       LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %B \"%{Referer}i\"
> \"%{User-Agent}i\" %I %O" combinedio
>     </IfModule>
>     # The location and format of the access logfile (Common Logfile
> Format). # If you do not define any access logfiles within a
> <VirtualHost> # container, they will be logged here.  Contrariwise, if
> you *do* # define per-<VirtualHost> access logfiles, transactions will
> be # logged therein and *not* in this file.
>       CustomLog "|bin/rotatelogs.exe
> D:/WebServerConfig/httpd/logs/access%Y%b%d.log 7776000" combined
> env=!image-request </IfModule>
> 
>     # DISABLED UNTIL PROBLEMS WITH LOG FILE ROTATION FIXED
>     # stops logging of certain file types
>     # SetEnvIf Request_URI "\.ico$" dontlog
>     # SetEnvIf Request_URI "\.png$" dontlog
>     # SetEnvIf Request_URI "\.jpg$" dontlog
>     # SetEnvIf Request_URI "\.jpeg$" dontlog
>     # SetEnvIf Request_URI "\.css$" dontlog
>     # SetEnvIf Request_URI "\.gif$" dontlog
>     # SetEnvIf Request_URI \"GET .*\.(gif|css|js|jpg|jpeg|png|ico)
> HTTP\/1\.1\" [0-9]{3} [0-9]{1,}
> \"http:\/\/website1.dynalias.org\/.*\.html\" dontlog
> 
> ========================================
> 
> LOG FILE DEFINITIONS / CONFIGURATIONS in _*httpd-vhosts.conf*_
> 
>    <VirtualHost *:80 *:8080 *:8008>
>       ServerAdmin useradmin@xxxxxxxxx
>       DocumentRoot "Z:/service.web.Root"
>       ErrorLog "|\"C:/_Windows Uninstalled
> Applications/Apache24/bin/rotatelogs.exe\"
> \"D:/WebServerConfig/httpd/logs/webroot-error%Y%b%d.log\" 7776000"
>       CustomLog "|bin/rotatelogs.exe
> D:/WebServerConfig/httpd/logs/webroot-access%Y%b%d.log 5M" combined
> env=!image-request
>       Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
>    </VirtualHost>
> 
>    <VirtualHost *:80 *:8080 *:8008>
>       ServerAdmin useradmin@xxxxxxxxx
>       DocumentRoot "Z:/service.web.website1"
>       ServerName website1.dynalias.org
>       ServerAlias www.website1.dynalias.org
>       ErrorLog "|\"C:/_Windows Uninstalled
> Applications/Apache24/bin/rotatelogs.exe\"
> \"D:/WebServerConfig/httpd/logs/website1.dynalias.org-error%Y%b%d.log\"
> 7776000" CustomLog "|bin/rotatelogs.exe
> D:/WebServerConfig/httpd/logs/website1.dynalias.org-access%Y%b%d.log 5M"
> combined env=!image-request
>       IndexOptions FancyIndexing NameWidth=* DescriptionWidth=*
> SuppressHTMLPreamble HeaderName /ApacheDirListingHeader.html
>       Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
>    </VirtualHost>
> 
>    <VirtualHost *:80 *:8080 *:8008>
>       ServerAdmin useradmin@xxxxxxxxx
>       DocumentRoot "Z:/service.web.website2"
>       ServerName website2.dyndns-blog.com
>       ServerAlias www.website2.dyndns-blog.com
>       ErrorLog "|\"C:/_Windows Uninstalled
> Applications/Apache24/bin/rotatelogs.exe\"
> \"D:/WebServerConfig/httpd/logs/website2.dyndns-blog.com-error%Y%b%d.log
> \" 7776000" CustomLog "|bin/rotatelogs.exe
> D:/WebServerConfig/httpd/logs/website2.dyndns.blog.com-access%Y%b%d.log
> 5M" combined env=!image-request
>       Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
>    </VirtualHost>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ========================================================================
> ========= POSSIBLY RELEVANT CONFIGURATION INFORMATION
> 
> Apache: 2.4.3 (Win32) OpenSSL/0.9.8x PHP/5.4.8;  API version: 20120211
> O/S:  Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit) Home Premium SP1
> Machine: ASUS G74Sx (8 GB RAM)
> 
> Apache Configuration-- (reported by phpinfo)
>    Server Root: C:/_Windows Uninstalled Applications/Apache 24
>    Virtual Server: Yes
>    Max Requests: Per Child: 0, Keep Alive: on, Max Per Connection: 100
>    Timeouts:  Connection: 60, Keep Alive: 5
>    Loaded Modules:
>      core mod_win32              mpm_winnt                http_core
>      mod_so                      mod_access_compat        mod_actions
> mod_alias mod_allowmethods            mod_asis                
> mod_auth_basic mod_authn_core             mod_authn_file          
> mod_authz_core mod_authz_groupfile         mod_authz_host          
> mod_authz_user mod_autoindex               mod_cgi                 
> mod_dir mod_env                     mod_include              mod_isapi
> mod_log_config              mod_mime                 mod_negotiation
> mod_rewrite                 mod_setenvif             mod_ssl mod_php5
> 
> 
> *httpd.conf* location:  D:/WebServer/Config/httpd/config/httpd.conf
> *httpd-vhosts.conf* location:
> D:/WebServer/Config/httpd/config/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

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