Changes between Version 6 and Version 7 of LogRotate

Timestamp:

Oct 13, 2009, 1:16:02 PM (15 years ago)

Author:

davea

Comment:

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LogRotate

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 = Log rotation =
 
-The log files generated by BOINC's daemons and servers can grow to gigabyte size in a few days or weeks, and will eventually fill up your disk. When this happens your project will grind to a halt. In addition, if you use db_dump to export statistics, directories with names of the form '''html/stats_2006_4_3_15_50_2''' will build up, and you'll need to delete and possibly archive them. Most projects do this manually.
+The log files generated by BOINC's daemons and servers can grow to gigabyte size in a few days or weeks,
+and will eventually fill up your disk.
+When this happens your project will grind to a halt.
+In addition, if you use db_dump to export statistics,
+directories with names of the form '''html/stats_2006_4_3_15_50_2''' will build up,
+and you'll need to delete and possibly archive them. Most projects do this manually.
 
 Initially you can deal with log files by hand, but eventually you may want an automated solution. Log rotation typically must be done while the project is [StartTool stopped].
 
 == Log Compression ==
-Here's a shell script (from Nicolas Alvarez) that tars and compresses log files (you'll still need to eventually deal with the compressed files). You can run this script as a periodic task in [ProjectConfigFile config.xml].
+Here's a shell script (from Nicolas Alvarez) that tars and compresses log files
+(you'll still need to eventually deal with the compressed files).
+You can run this script as a periodic task in [ProjectConfigFile config.xml].
 
 {{{
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 == {{{logrotate}}} ==
-Other projects use the Linux 'logrotate' program. For example, Predictor@home uses the following logrotate input file (they run this while the project is down for database backups):
+Other projects use the Linux 'logrotate' program.
+WCG uses the following logrotate file, which they run while the project is online:
 
+{{{
+/our/log/directory/log_server1/*.log {
+    compress
+    rotate 10
+    daily
+    copytruncate
+    olddir /our/log/directory/log_server1/archive
+}
+}}}
+
+Predictor@home uses the following logrotate input file (they run this while the project is down for database backups):
 
 {{{