Zbigniew Szalbot wrote:
Hello,
I have looked at wiki but cannot find information about log rotation
(access & store logs).
How can I do this? Or is it simply a matter of defining log rotation in
newsyslog.conf (I am on a FreeBSD system)?
Hi Zbigniew,
Go to:
(1.) cd /usr/ports/sysutils/logrotate
(2.) make install clean
(3.) cd /usr/local/etc
(4.) vi /usr/local/etc/logrotate.conf
Put the following in logrotate.conf
######### Start of logrotate.conf #######
# rotate log files weekly
#weekly
daily
# keep 4 weeks worth of backlogs
rotate 7
# send errors to root
#errors root
# create new (empty) log files after rotating old ones
create
# uncomment this if you want your log files compressed
compress
# RPM packages drop log rotation information into this directory
include /usr/local/etc/logrotate.d
/var/log/lastlog {
monthly
rotate 12
}
######## End of logrotate.conf ##########
(5.) mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/logrotate.d/
(6.) cd /usr/local/etc/logrotate.d/
(7.) vi /usr/local/etc/logrotate.d/squid
Put the following:
#######Start of squid#########
/var/log/squid/access.log {
daily
rotate 90
copytruncate
compress
notifempty
missingok
}
/var/log/squid/cache.log {
daily
rotate 7
copytruncate
compress
notifempty
missingok
}
(8.) /usr/local/sbin/logrotate -d /usr/local/etc/logrotate.conf
(9.) /usr/local/sbin/logrotate -f /usr/local/etc/logrotate.conf
If some errors are reported, it's normal, just create or touch the
relevant files or directories.
(10.) vi /etc/crontab
Put the following:
0 1 * * * root /usr/local/sbin/logrotate
/usr/local/etc/logrotate.conf > /dev/null 2>&1
(11.) If all works well, you are good to go!!!
Of course, the other simple way of doing this is to run:
squid -k rotate
from /etc/crontab
0 1 * * * root squid -k rotate
Thanking you...
Thank you!
--
With best regards and good wishes,
Yours sincerely,
Tek Bahadur Limbu
(TAG/TDG Group)
Jwl Systems Department
Worldlink Communications Pvt. Ltd.
Jawalakhel, Nepal
http://www.wlink.com.np
