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Logs are generally located in /var/log directory, but can also be in specialized systems (e.g. Docker) | Logs are generally located in /var/log directory, but can also be in specialized systems (e.g. Docker) | ||
How to create a logrotate configuration (Linux) | |||
Logrotate is a utility in Linux that manages log file rotation, archiving, and deletion automatically to prevent logs from consuming all disk space. The configuration is usually placed in /etc/logrotate.conf for global settings and in /etc/logrotate.d/ for application-specific log policies. | |||
To configure logrotate for a specific service, create a file in /etc/logrotate.d/, for example /etc/logrotate.d/nginx, and add a block describing how the log files should be rotated: | |||
/var/log/nginx/*.log { | |||
daily | |||
rotate 7 | |||
compress | |||
missingok | |||
notifempty | |||
create 640 root adm | |||
postrotate | |||
systemctl reload nginx > /dev/null | |||
endscript | |||
} | |||
How the rotation works: | |||
When logrotate runs (automatically via cron or manually), it checks each log file per the configuration, archives old logs, creates new ones, and triggers the specified post-rotation actions. | |||
For reference, see the full documentation: | |||
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Logrotate | |||
== Log rotation == | == Log rotation == | ||
Revision as of 12:29, 22 November 2025
Logs are generally located in /var/log directory, but can also be in specialized systems (e.g. Docker)
How to create a logrotate configuration (Linux) Logrotate is a utility in Linux that manages log file rotation, archiving, and deletion automatically to prevent logs from consuming all disk space. The configuration is usually placed in /etc/logrotate.conf for global settings and in /etc/logrotate.d/ for application-specific log policies.
To configure logrotate for a specific service, create a file in /etc/logrotate.d/, for example /etc/logrotate.d/nginx, and add a block describing how the log files should be rotated:
/var/log/nginx/*.log {
daily
rotate 7
compress
missingok
notifempty
create 640 root adm
postrotate
systemctl reload nginx > /dev/null
endscript
}
How the rotation works: When logrotate runs (automatically via cron or manually), it checks each log file per the configuration, archives old logs, creates new ones, and triggers the specified post-rotation actions.
For reference, see the full documentation:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Logrotate
