configuring logrotate
# /etc/logrotate.d/unicorn
/directory/where/logrotate/monitors/*.log
{
daily
missingok
rotate 10
compress
dateext
size=5M
# this is important if using "compress" since we need to call
# the "lastaction" script below before compressing:
delaycompress
lastaction
pid=/directory/for/the/unicorn.pid
test -s $pid && kill -USR1 "$(cat $pid)"
endscript
}
# /etc/logrotate.conf
# this is the logrotate main file, see: include /etc/logrotate.d
# see "man logrotate" for details
# rotate log files weekly
weekly
# keep 4 weeks worth of backlogs
rotate 4
# create new (empty) log files after rotating old ones
create
# uncomment this if you want your log files compressed
#compress
# packages drop log rotation information into this directory
include /etc/logrotate.d
# no packages own wtmp, or btmp -- we'll rotate them here
/var/log/wtmp {
missingok
monthly
create 0664 root utmp
rotate 1
}
/var/log/btmp {
missingok
monthly
create 0660 root utmp
rotate 1
}
# system-specific logs may be configured here