[users@httpd] logfiles do not rotate

[Jochen Kächelin <jk...@linux.amsjk.de>]

My httpd 2.0.43 will not rotate logs!

/usr/local/apache2/logs looks linke:

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         3072 Dez  5 23:04 access_log.1039046400
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         1464 Dez  5 23:04 agent_log.1039046400
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         1464 Dez  5 23:04 error_log.1039046400
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            6 Dez  5 23:02 httpd.pid
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         1464 Dez  5 23:04 referer_log.1039046400

my /etc/logrotate.d/httpd looks like:

/usr/local/apache2/logs/*_log.* {
        missingok
        notifempty
        sharedscripts
        postrotate
        /usr/bin/killall -HUP httpd
        endscript
}

and I start httpd 2.0.43 with the following lines
in /etc/apache/httpd.conf

CustomLog "|/usr/local/apache2/bin/rotatelogs /usr/local/apache2/logs/access_log 86400" combined
CustomLog "|/usr/local/apache2/bin/rotatelogs /usr/local/apache2/logs/error_log 86400" combined
CustomLog "|/usr/local/apache2/bin/rotatelogs /usr/local/apache2/logs/agent_log 86400" combined
CustomLog "|/usr/local/apache2/bin/rotatelogs /usr/local/apache2/logs/referer_log 86400" combined

my /etc/logrotate.conf looks like:

daily
rotate 4
create
compress
include /etc/logrotate.d
/var/log/wtmp {
    monthly
    create 0664 root utmp
    rotate 1
}


I will get the logfiles in such a format:

access_log.10122002.tgz
error_log.10122002.tgz

Is this possible?

-- 
Jochen Kaechelin


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Re: [users@httpd] logfiles do not rotate

[Gary Turner <kk...@sbcglobal.net>]

Jochen Kächelin wrote:

>My httpd 2.0.43 will not rotate logs!
<snip>
>my /etc/logrotate.d/httpd looks like:
>
>/usr/local/apache2/logs/*_log.* {
>        missingok
>        notifempty
>        sharedscripts
>        postrotate
>        /usr/bin/killall -HUP httpd
>        endscript
>}
>
>and I start httpd 2.0.43 with the following lines
>in /etc/apache/httpd.conf
>
>CustomLog "|/usr/local/apache2/bin/rotatelogs /usr/local/apache2/logs/access_log 86400" combined
>CustomLog "|/usr/local/apache2/bin/rotatelogs /usr/local/apache2/logs/error_log 86400" combined

Not sure the error log is configurable (???).  Plus, the error log is
specified elsewhere in the file.

>CustomLog "|/usr/local/apache2/bin/rotatelogs /usr/local/apache2/logs/agent_log 86400" combined

^^^^^^^^
>CustomLog "|/usr/local/apache2/bin/rotatelogs /usr/local/apache2/logs/referer_log 86400" combined

^^^^^^^^

Won't these just duplicate your access log?  See your LogFormat lines.
Try 'agent' and 'referer' nicks respectively.  These variables are
included in the 'combined' format, so you might prefer the 'common'
access format.  These are default nicks/formats in my httpd.conf file
(Apache 1.3.x Debian pkg).  See http://apache.org/docs/logs.html

<snip>

As I understand it, these are two separate programs, i.e. logrotate !=
rotatelogs.  Are they in conflict?  I would choose one or the other.  I
use logrotate, myself.  To get the output you want, then rotatelogs is
what you want.

I hope I got a couple of things right and that they help.
--
gt          kk5st@sbcglobal.net
Everything here could be wrong--Messiah's Handbook
as quoted by Bach in "Illusions"

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