logrotate

Failures caused by logrotate on Apache 2 with passphrase protected SSL key

I have an Apache 2 installation on Debian with mod_ssl installed. The server private key is protected by a passphase that needs to be entered on start-up. The error and access logs are subject to logrotate on a weekly basis. I find that Apache crashes with a passphrase-related error shortly after logrotate runs. I understand that log...

Splitting log files by date or file size in Lighttpd.

So far the only way I've found to do this is by telling Lighty to pipe its logs through an app called "vlogger". Is there a way to break out log files by date without introducing any external dependencies or cron jobs? I feel like there might be a way to do it with config file variables, but my Lighty-fu just isn't strong enough. Edit...

Apache rotate Access and Error logs Windows

How can I rotate the Apache Access and Error logs on a Window 2000 box? I include my batch file below as an answer. Is there a way of doing this directly via the Apache config file? I'm currently using the following customlog command to generate daily logs. CustomLog '|" "Apache-Path/bin/rotatelogs.exe" "Apache-Path/logs/backup/inter...

How i configure logrotate to not delete my log files after rotation?

There's a way to do this? ...

NginX Log Rotation

I am serving a couple different domains through NginX on the same server and they each log to their own file. I need to set up a script to rotate, and compress these files and add it to cron. I know I have to do something to get NginX to open a new log file once I move the old one. Can someone give me the procedure for safely rotati...

How can I install cronolog in Tomcat for daily log rotate?

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Are variables supported in logrotate configuration files?

I looked at logrotate.conf examples and everything in my /etc/logrotate.d directory. Nowhere was I able to find documentation on variables in these files. I am trying to create a config file for rotating the logs of an application we are writing. I want to set the directory where logs are stored once, and then use it as a variable, like...

how to achieve net-snmp log file rotation on Windows 2003 with out stop/start-ing the daemon?

I am using net-snmp snmptrapd daemon on Windows 2003 server. How to achieve log rotate functionality with out stopping/starting the daemon? It is not allowing to rename/move the file while the daemon is running. ...

Is it possible to run one logrotate check manually?

Is it possible to run one iteration of logrotate manually without scheduling it on some interval? ...

Data logged to a file; how do I rotate logs and how do I parse the data to not have 'gaps' in the data?

I've got a web application that, for performance reasons, throws any data sent into a logfile. I've got two concerns with this approach: How do I best rotate logs, in order to not lose data? For each user session multiple requests are logged. Each request has a unique id so there is an easy way for me to tie the requests to the sessio...

rotatelogs in lampp

Hi, i'm using lampp and i'm trying to configure the rotation for the apache log files. I've readed about rotatelogs and i've added this in my httpd.conf: CustomLog "|/opt/lampp/bin/rotatelogs /opt/lampp/logs/%Y/%m/%d_access_log 86400 +60" common problem is that i get this error: Could not open log file '/opt/lampp/logs/2010/07/03_acc...

Python and/or django solution for reading log files on linux?

I would like my Django application to be able to display local syslog etc files. I would like to avoid writing the logic for managing .1,.2 etc rotated files, and get an object for each log that I can retrieve a set of rows from. Is there any such python library, or even better, any such django app? Clarification: I don't want to writ...

why logadm appending NULL string while log rotation?

I want new log file copy generated and origional log to be 0 bytes and without restart of application ...it is happening but origional log file appended new data below NULL strings ...