Re: [squid-users] log rotation

Hello,

On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:50:27 +0545, Tek Bahadur Limbu
<teklimbu@wlink.com.np> wrote:
> Zbigniew Szalbot wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have looked at wiki but cannot find information about log rotation
>> (access & store logs).
>>
>> How can I do this? Or is it simply a matter of defining log rotation in
>> newsyslog.conf (I am on a FreeBSD system)?
>
> Hi Zbigniew,
>
> Go to:
>
> (1.) cd /usr/ports/sysutils/logrotate
>
> (2.) make install clean
>
> (3.) cd /usr/local/etc
>
> (4.) vi /usr/local/etc/logrotate.conf
>
> Put the following in logrotate.conf

Thank you very much indeed! But I managed in a (I think) simpler way by
adding /usr/local/squid/logs/access.log squid:squid 644 7 * @T00 J
/usr/local/squid/logs/squid.pid 30
to newsyslog.conf.

But I appreciate such a thorough description!

Warm regards,

Zbigniew Szalbot

>
> ######### Start of logrotate.conf #######
>
> # rotate log files weekly
> #weekly
> daily
>
> # keep 4 weeks worth of backlogs
> rotate 7
>
> # send errors to root
> #errors root
>
> # create new (empty) log files after rotating old ones
> create
>
> # uncomment this if you want your log files compressed
> compress
>
> # RPM packages drop log rotation information into this directory
> include /usr/local/etc/logrotate.d
>
> /var/log/lastlog {
> monthly
> rotate 12
> }
>
> ######## End of logrotate.conf ##########
>
> (5.) mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/logrotate.d/
>
> (6.) cd /usr/local/etc/logrotate.d/
>
> (7.) vi /usr/local/etc/logrotate.d/squid
>
> Put the following:
>
> #######Start of squid#########
>
> /var/log/squid/access.log {
> daily
> rotate 90
> copytruncate
> compress
> notifempty
> missingok
> }
> /var/log/squid/cache.log {
> daily
> rotate 7
> copytruncate
> compress
> notifempty
> missingok
> }
>
>
> (8.) /usr/local/sbin/logrotate -d /usr/local/etc/logrotate.conf
>
> (9.) /usr/local/sbin/logrotate -f /usr/local/etc/logrotate.conf
>
> If some errors are reported, it's normal, just create or touch the
> relevant files or directories.
>
> (10.) vi /etc/crontab
>
> Put the following:
>
> 0 1 * * * root /usr/local/sbin/logrotate
> /usr/local/etc/logrotate.conf > /dev/null 2>&1
>
>
> (11.) If all works well, you are good to go!!!
>
>
> Of course, the other simple way of doing this is to run:
>
> squid -k rotate
>
> from /etc/crontab
>
> 0 1 * * * root squid -k rotate
>
> Thanking you...
>
>
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>
>
> --
>
> With best regards and good wishes,
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
> Tek Bahadur Limbu
>
> (TAG/TDG Group)
> Jwl Systems Department
>
> Worldlink Communications Pvt. Ltd.
>
> Jawalakhel, Nepal
>
> http://www.wlink.com.np

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Zbigniew Szalbot
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Zbigniew Szalbot