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Why does logrotate only remove 2 log files?
What am I missing? that means log files are rotated 2 times before being removed, so logrotate only cares about 2 files. my guess is that the configuration was changed at some point, because previously more log files were kept, maybe it was something like rotate 28. these older files you have to remove manually.
How often should I run logrotate in Linux?
Normally, logrotate is run as a daily cron job. It will not modify a log more than once in one day unless the criterion for that log is based on the log’s size and logrotate is being run more than once each day, or unless the -f or –force option is used. Any number of config files may be given on the command line.
When to use rotate, compress, rotate log file?
Postpone compression of the previous log file to the next rotation cycle. This only has effect when used in combination with compress. It can be used when some program cannot be told to close its logfile and thus might continue writing to the previous log file for some time.
What happens if there is no command line argument in logrotate?
If a directory is given on the command line, every file in that directory is used as a config file. If no command line arguments are given, logrotate will print version and copyright information, along with a short usage summary. If any errors occur while rotating logs, logrotate will exit with non-zero status. Prints help message.
When does the max size of the log rotate?
maxsize will rotate when the log reaches a set size or the appropriate time has passed. e.g. maxsize 50MB + daily. If file is 50MB and we’re not at the next day yet, the log will be rotated. If the file is only 20MB and we roll over to the next day then the file will be rotated. size will rotate when the log > size.
Where is the configuration file for logrotate in Linux?
/etc/logrotate.conf – This is the main configuration file for the logrotate tool. It contains default settings and facilitates log rotation for non-system package logs. More notably, it uses an ‘ include ‘ directive for pulling configurations located in the ‘ /etc/logrotate.d ‘ directory. Let’s have a look at the configuration file.
Is there a limit to how often I can run logrotate?
To better explain it. You can run logrotate as often as you like, but unless a threshold is reached such as the filesize being reached or the appropriate time passed, the logs will not be rotated. The size options do not ensure that your rotated logs are also of the specified size.