Hey! That worked! /var/log/logstash/* { daily rotate 7 copytruncate compress delaycompress missingok notifempty size 100M sharedscripts postrotate /bin/kill -HUP `cat /var/run/logstash.pid 2>/dev/null` 2> /dev/null || true endscript } Thanks for the help! Tim On Sat, Mar 5, 2016 at 11:15 PM, Yamaban <foerster@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 6 Mar 2016 04:34, Tim Dunphy <bluethundr@...> wrote: > > Hey guys, >> >> I'm trying to rotate a logstash log that can grow pretty large. 3.4GB last >> I saw! >> >> And that's because the logrotate script I came up with didn't work. >> >> The error I get on a syntax check is this: >> >> #logrotate -f logstash >> size: '100M': No such file >> size: '100M': No such file >> size: '100M': No such file >> size: '100M': No such file >> size: '100M': No such file >> size: '100M': No such file >> size: '100M': No such file >> size: '100M': No such file >> >> And this is the logstash rotate script: >> >> #cat /etc/logrotate.d/logstash >> /var/log/logstash/* { >> daily >> rotate 7 >> copytruncate >> compress >> delaycompress >> missingok >> notifempty >> postrotate >> size 100M >> /bin/kill -HUP `cat /var/run/logstash.pid 2>/dev/null` 2> /dev/null >> || true >> endscript >> } >> >> I can't find the error there. Can I have a suggestion as to what's wrong >> and how to correct it? >> > > Multiple errors here, first hint: "man 8 logrotate" is a good start. > > Second: wrong order of lines: > diff -U2 > [code] > --- your logstash-rotate > +++ corrected logstash-rotate > @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ > missingok > notifempty > - postrotate > size 100M > + sharedscripts > + postrotate > /bin/kill -HUP `cat /var/run/logstash.pid 2>/dev/null` 2> > /dev/null || true > endscript > [/code] > > In short: "postrotate" line is in wrong position, add line "sharedscripts" > > - Yamaban. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- GPG me!! gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys F186197B _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos