I want to clean a Docker container logs every day (no need to store/archive the data). I created a file called docker in /etc/logrotate.d and put the following inside: well, but it doesn’t work. So, obviously something in my logrotate configuration isn’t right. AFAIK, I don’t need to setup crontab for this. Is my configuration wrong? Is there anything that
Tag: logrotate
No activity on server with logging every 5 seconds
Recently I have notices that log files on my server grow faster than I was expecting. After a quick look I have realized that it is wtmp what aggressively is taking my disk space. Using utmpdump command (see below) I found out that every 5 seconds new 3 or 4 logs are recorded. There is no load on the server:
Redirecting output of a program to a rotating file
I am trying to redirect the output of a continuously running program to a file say error_log. The command I am using looks like this, where myprogram.sh runs continuously generating data and writing to /var/log/httpd/error_log myprogram.sh >> /var/log/httpd/error_log Now I am using logrotate to rotate this file per hour. I am using create command in logrotate so that it renames
logrotate configuration file development and testing
I have two questions related to developing configuration files for the logrotate tool on Linux systems. When I make a change to a file in /etc/logrotate.d, do I need to somehow notify logrotate so that it will recognize and respond to the change? It seems to notice changes on its own, eventually, but when testing log rotation specifications it would