Jason Holtzapple wrote:
On 06/25/2010 04:03 PM, Eric Shubert wrote:
It appears that there are 2 ways of rotating apache logs.
Logrotate can be used, in which case apache needs to be restarted after
the logs are rotated.
Yes, but this is usually a graceful restart, at least.
There is also a rotatelogs program included with apache that controls
log rotation (http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/programs/rotatelogs.html).
Does anyone have a preference, or know which is considered to be best
practice? I'm inclined to lean toward the later.
I've always used the system log rotator (logrotate, logadm, etc). If
you're concerned about the effects of a restart you could try
logrotate's copytruncate option.
I see now that the stock logwatch is doing a reload for apache. I
suppose that's not so bad. I have several vhosts, but they can be all
covered with a single logwatch entry, so a single reload isn't so bad I
suppose. A lot less config coding than using the rotatelogs program.
Thanks.
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-Eric 'shubes'
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