Better to use log rotate and have the eldest log file mailed to an "archiving" mailbox, so you can recall them as you need.
Ciao, Giorgio Il giorno 05/giu/2010, alle ore 14.45, Marc Powell <[email protected]> ha scritto: > > On Jun 5, 2010, at 3:57 AM, James Corteciano wrote: > >> Dear List, >> >> I am running Nagios version 3.2.0 and the archive logs are located >> in /var/log/nagios/archive which doing log rotation everyday. How >> can I configure nagios that the archive logs retention period is >> six (6) months? > > There isn't a configuration option for this. Nagios will keep the > log files indefinitely for reporting (you can go back 2+ years > through the web interface). > > You can cron a simple find -exec rm to do that but be aware that you > won't have any reporting capability beyond what you keep. > > Also, because you specifically mention it, using logrotate will > break reporting in nagios. The file naming convention must be exact > for nagios to find the files. > > -- > Marc > > > --- > --- > --- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate > GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the > lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo > _______________________________________________ > Nagios-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users > ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when > reporting any issue. > ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null
