Feature #2053
Implement configurable log rotation and retention policies
| Status: | CLOSED | Start date: | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | Normal | Due date: | ||
| Assignee: | - | % Done: | 100% | |
| Category: | nethserver-base | |||
| Target version: | v6.4-beta2 | |||
| Resolution: | NEEDINFO: | No |
Description
By default logs are rotated weekly and kept for 4 weeks.
Some packages come with different defaults, but the majority do not specify a custom rotate value.
I'd prefer to keep log files for more than 4 weeks, maybe 3 or 6 months, but a db property to set custom values should be preferred.
A custom value of 0 to not retain logs should be tested.
Associated revisions
createlinks, templates: add configurable default log retention and rotation policies. Refs #2053
History
#1
Updated by Giacomo Sanchietti about 8 years ago
- Subject changed from Log rotation and retention to Implement configurable log rotation and retention policies
#2
Updated by Giacomo Sanchietti almost 8 years ago
- Status changed from NEW to TRIAGED
- % Done changed from 0 to 20
We could add
/etc/logrotate.conf template to nethserver-base and add two simple configurations:
- # of weeks for retention
- enable/disable log compression
#4
Updated by Giacomo Sanchietti almost 8 years ago
- Status changed from TRIAGED to ON_DEV
- Assignee set to Giacomo Sanchietti
- % Done changed from 20 to 30
#5
Updated by Giacomo Sanchietti almost 8 years ago
- Status changed from ON_DEV to MODIFIED
- % Done changed from 30 to 60
Implementation:
- added template for
/etc/logrotate.conf - added event
logrotate-update
Keep log for 6 months, rotate every week:
config setprop logrotate Rotate weekly config setprop logrotate Times 24 signal-event logrotate-update
Do not keep any old log, rotate very day:
config setprop logrotate Rotate daily config setprop logrotate Times 0 signal-event logrotate-update
#6
Updated by Giacomo Sanchietti almost 8 years ago
- Status changed from MODIFIED to ON_QA
- Assignee deleted (
Giacomo Sanchietti) - % Done changed from 60 to 70
New package in nethserver-testing:
- nethserver-base-1.4.1-3.0git2d71a626.ns6.noarch.rpm
- Change default retention and rotation policies
- Check /etc/logorate.conf is changed accordingly
To force logrotate:
logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.confFor more information see: nethserver-base
Attention: logrotate will not delete old rotated logs after changing Times property.
#7
Updated by Davide Principi almost 8 years ago
- Assignee set to Davide Principi
#8
Updated by Davide Principi almost 8 years ago
- Status changed from ON_QA to VERIFIED
- Assignee deleted (
Davide Principi) - % Done changed from 70 to 90
VERIFIED
# date
Tue Oct 15 10:55:33 GMT 2013
# find /var/log/ | grep -e '-[0-9]'
/var/log/httpd/admin_error_log-20131015
/var/log/httpd/admin_access_log-20131015
/var/log/spooler-20131015
/var/log/cron-20131015
/var/log/btmp-20131015
/var/log/messages-20131015
/var/log/maillog-20131015
/var/log/secure-20131015
# config setprop logrotate Rotate daily Times 2
# config show logrotate
logrotate=configuration
Compression=disabled
Rotate=daily
Times=2
# signal-event logrotate-update
# date -u 10161302
Wed Oct 16 13:02:00 UTC 2013
# logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.conf
# find /var/log/ | grep -e '-[0-9]' | sort
/var/log/btmp-20131016
/var/log/cron-20131015
/var/log/cron-20131016
/var/log/dracut.log-20131016
/var/log/httpd/admin_access_log-20131015
/var/log/httpd/admin_error_log-20131015
/var/log/maillog-20131015
/var/log/maillog-20131016
/var/log/messages-20131015
/var/log/messages-20131016
/var/log/secure-20131015
/var/log/secure-20131016
/var/log/shorewall-init.log-20131016
/var/log/spooler-20131015
/var/log/spooler-20131016
/var/log/squid/access.log-20131016.gz
/var/log/squid/cache.log-20131016.gz
/var/log/wtmp-20131016
/var/log/yum.log-20131016
# date -u 10171302
Thu Oct 17 13:02:00 UTC 2013
# logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.conf
# find /var/log/ | grep -e '-[0-9]' | sort
/var/log/btmp-20131017
/var/log/cron-20131016
/var/log/cron-20131017
/var/log/dracut.log-20131016
/var/log/httpd/admin_access_log-20131015
/var/log/httpd/admin_error_log-20131015
/var/log/maillog-20131016
/var/log/maillog-20131017
/var/log/messages-20131016
/var/log/messages-20131017
/var/log/secure-20131016
/var/log/secure-20131017
/var/log/shorewall-init.log-20131016
/var/log/spooler-20131016
/var/log/spooler-20131017
/var/log/squid/access.log-20131016.gz
/var/log/squid/cache.log-20131016.gz
/var/log/squid/cache.log-20131017.gz
/var/log/wtmp-20131017
/var/log/yum.log-20131016
/etc/logrotate.conf diffs
--- logrotate.1 2013-10-15 10:59:50.798894195 +0000 +++ logrotate.2 2013-10-15 11:00:00.351555498 +0000 @@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ # http://www.nethesis.it - support@nethesis.it # # see "man logrotate" for details -weekly +daily # keep 4 times worth of backlogs -rotate 4 +rotate 2
#9
Updated by Giacomo Sanchietti almost 8 years ago
- Status changed from VERIFIED to CLOSED
- % Done changed from 90 to 100
In nethserver-updates:
- nethserver-base-1.4.3