Logrotate

Commands

• A dry run: logrotate -vd /etc/logrotate.d/app-name
• An actual run: logrotate -v /etc/logrotate.d/app-name
• An forced run: logrotate -vf /etc/logrotate.d/app-name

Comments

• Logrotate does not check if there is enough diskspace

su sysadmin sysadmin is required when …

Example config for a Rails app

/home/sysadmin/checkout/log/production.log {
  daily
  missingok
  rotate 5
  compress
  copytruncate
  delaycompress
  notifempty
  su sysadmin sysadmin
  create 666 sysadmin sysadmin
  sharedscripts
}