Re: log rotation recommendations
Hello Jeffrey, I am not familiar with logrotate but my newsyslog.conf rotates whatever I want just fine. As an example I have this for a small almost unused apache: /var/log/httpd-access.log 644 7 1000 24B /var/run/httpd.pid 30 /var/log/httpd-error.log644 7 1000 24B /var/run/httpd.pid 30 You might want to adjust size settings etc and this can be found in the man page for newsyslog.conf. Good luck! Jeffrey Goldberg skrev: Hello, Having recently moved from Linux (SuSE) to FreeBSD (6.2-p3) I'm wondering what the recommended way of rotating logs (principally postfix and apache). I see that logrotate, with which I'm familiar, is in ports. I also see that there is a file /etc/newsyslog.conf, but it looks like newsyslog(8) only knows about HUPping syslogd. If there is no conventional "BSD way of doing this", I'll just install logrotate and go with what I know, but I thought I would check here first. Thanks, -j --Jeffrey Goldberghttp://www.goldmark.org/jeff/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" --No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.17/731 - Release Date: 2007-03-23 15:27 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: log rotation recommendations
Matthew Seaman skrev: Jeffrey Goldberg wrote: Having recently moved from Linux (SuSE) to FreeBSD (6.2-p3) I'm wondering what the recommended way of rotating logs (principally postfix and apache). I see that logrotate, with which I'm familiar, is in ports. I also see that there is a file /etc/newsyslog.conf, but it looks like newsyslog(8) only knows about HUPping syslogd. Not so. The optional 7th field in /etc/newsyslog.conf can contain a file name to read a PID out of: that PID will be signalled when the log is rotated. The optional 8th column can contain the signal number to use -- by default SIGHUP is sent. The newsyslog.conf(5) man page explains all this in great detail. Certainly for apache, you might alternatively consider the use of rotatelogs(8) (comes with apache) or cronolog(8) (in ports as sysutils/cronolog). Or, indeed, logrotate if that's what you prefer. It is also possible to put a call for newsyslog within a script. Then you can do your preferred preprocessing, call newsyslog with a specialized config for the event, which should take care of HUPing the application, and then do postprocessing like moving files to folders, renaming to include the date or whatever. Regards, Lars Cheers, Matthew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: log rotation recommendations
Jeffrey Goldberg wrote: > Having recently moved from Linux (SuSE) to FreeBSD (6.2-p3) I'm > wondering what the recommended way of rotating logs (principally postfix > and apache). I see that logrotate, with which I'm familiar, is in > ports. I also see that there is a file /etc/newsyslog.conf, but it > looks like newsyslog(8) only knows about HUPping syslogd. Not so. The optional 7th field in /etc/newsyslog.conf can contain a file name to read a PID out of: that PID will be signalled when the log is rotated. The optional 8th column can contain the signal number to use -- by default SIGHUP is sent. The newsyslog.conf(5) man page explains all this in great detail. Certainly for apache, you might alternatively consider the use of rotatelogs(8) (comes with apache) or cronolog(8) (in ports as sysutils/cronolog). Or, indeed, logrotate if that's what you prefer. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
