Linux日志系统-03:logrotate主配置文件详解
logrotate主配置文件详解
一、logrotate主配置文件/etc/logrotate.conf
# see "man logrotate" for details
# rotate log files weekly
#所有的日志文件,每周滚动一次
weekly
# keep 4 weeks worth of backlogs
#日志发生滚动后,指定备份日志文件保存多少个副本(权限不变)
rotate 4
# create new (empty) log files after rotating old ones
#是否创建一个空的新的日志文件
create
# use date as a suffix of the rotated file
#指定滚动文件的后缀是当前日期
dateext
# uncomment this if you want your log files compressed
#是否对滚动后的日志进行压缩
#compress
# RPM packages drop log rotation information into this directory
#加载子配置文件
include /etc/logrotate.d
#####上面是全局配置,下面是局部配置#####
# no packages own wtmp and btmp -- we'll rotate them here
#指定对特定的日志文件的滚动规则
/var/log/wtmp {
monthly #一月滚动一次
create 0664 root utmp #指定滚动后创建的新文件的权限为0644,数组为root,属组为utmp
minsize 1M #指定文件的值小于1M不滚动
rotate 1 #指定保留几个备份副本
}
/var/log/btmp {
missingok #如果日志文件不存在发送错误消息
monthly
create 0600 root utmp
rotate 1
}
# system-specific logs may be also be configured here.
二、主配置文件参数详解
PS:配置文件中的更多参数可用man logrotate查看
compress
Old versions of log files are compressed with gzip(1) by default. See also nocompress.
compresscmd
Specifies which command to use to compress log files. The default is gzip(1). See also compress.
uncompresscmd
Specifies which command to use to uncompress log files. The default is gunzip(1).
compressext
Specifies which extension to use on compressed logfiles, if compression is enabled. The default
follows that of the configured compression command.
compressoptions
Command line options may be passed to the compression program, if one is in use. The default, for
gzip(1), is "-6" (biased towards high compression at the expense of speed). If you use a different
compression command, you may need to change the compressoptions to match.
copy Make a copy of the log file, but don't change the original at all. This option can be used, for
instance, to make a snapshot of the current log file, or when some other utility needs to truncate
or parse the file. When this option is used, the create option will have no effect, as the old log
file stays in place.
copytruncate
Truncate the original log file to zero size in place after creating a copy, instead of moving the
old log file and optionally creating a new one. It can be used when some program cannot be told to
close its logfile and thus might continue writing (appending) to the previous log file forever.
Note that there is a very small time slice between copying the file and truncating it, so some log‐
ging data might be lost. When this option is used, the create option will have no effect, as the
old log file stays in place.
create mode owner group, create owner group
Immediately after rotation (before the postrotate script is run) the log file is created (with the
same name as the log file just rotated). mode specifies the mode for the log file in octal (the
same as chmod(2)), owner specifies the user name who will own the log file, and group specifies the
group the log file will belong to. Any of the log file attributes may be omitted, in which case
those attributes for the new file will use the same values as the original log file for the omitted
attributes. This option can be disabled using the nocreate option.
createolddir mode owner group
If the directory specified by olddir directive does not exist, it is created. mode specifies the
mode for the olddir directory in octal (the same as chmod(2)), owner specifies the user name who
will own the olddir directory, and group specifies the group the olddir directory will belong to.
This option can be disabled using the nocreateolddir option.
daily Log files are rotated every day.
dateext
Archive old versions of log files adding a date extension like YYYYMMDD instead of simply adding a
number. The extension may be configured using the dateformat and dateyesterday options.
dateformat format_string
Specify the extension for dateext using the notation similar to strftime(3) function. Only %Y %m %d
%H and %s specifiers are allowed. The default value is -%Y%m%d except hourly, which uses -%Y%m%d%H
as default value. Note that also the character separating log name from the extension is part of
the dateformat string. The system clock must be set past Sep 9th 2001 for %s to work correctly.
Note that the datestamps generated by this format must be lexically sortable (i.e., first the year,
then the month then the day. e.g., 2001/12/01 is ok, but 01/12/2001 is not, since 01/11/2002 would
sort lower while it is later). This is because when using the rotate option, logrotate sorts all
rotated filenames to find out which logfiles are older and should be removed.
dateyesterday
Use yesterday's instead of today's date to create the dateext extension, so that the rotated log
file has a date in its name that is the same as the timestamps within it.
delaycompress
Postpone compression of the previous log file to the next rotation cycle. This only has effect when
used in combination with compress. It can be used when some program cannot be told to close its
logfile and thus might continue writing to the previous log file for some time.
extension ext
Log files with ext extension can keep it after the rotation. If compression is used, the com‐
pression extension (normally .gz) appears after ext. For example you have a logfile named mylog.foo
and want to rotate it to mylog.1.foo.gz instead of mylog.foo.1.gz.
hourly Log files are rotated every hour. Note that usually logrotate is configured to be run by cron daily.
You have to change this configuration and run logrotate hourly to be able to really rotate logs
hourly.
ifempty
Rotate the log file even if it is empty, overriding the notifempty option (ifempty is the default).
include file_or_directory
Reads the file given as an argument as if it was included inline where the include directive
appears. If a directory is given, most of the files in that directory are read in alphabetic order
before processing of the including file continues. The only files which are ignored are files which
are not regular files (such as directories and named pipes) and files whose names end with one of
the taboo extensions, as specified by the tabooext directive.
mail address
When a log is rotated out of existence, it is mailed to address. If no mail should be generated by a
particular log, the nomail directive may be used.
mailfirst
When using the mail command, mail the just-rotated file, instead of the about-to-expire file.
maillast
When using the mail command, mail the about-to-expire file, instead of the just-rotated file (this
is the default).
maxage count
Remove rotated logs older than <count> days. The age is only checked if the logfile is to be
rotated. The files are mailed to the configured address if maillast and mail are configured.
maxsize size
Log files are rotated when they grow bigger than size bytes even before the additionally specified
time interval (daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly). The related size option is similar except that
it is mutually exclusive with the time interval options, and it causes log files to be rotated with‐
out regard for the last rotation time. When maxsize is used, both the size and timestamp of a log
file are considered.
minsize size
Log files are rotated when they grow bigger than size bytes, but not before the additionally speci‐
fied time interval (daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly). The related size option is similar except
that it is mutually exclusive with the time interval options, and it causes log files to be rotated
without regard for the last rotation time. When minsize is used, both the size and timestamp of a
log file are considered.
missingok
If the log file is missing, go on to the next one without issuing an error message. See also
nomissingok.
monthly
Log files are rotated the first time logrotate is run in a month (this is normally on the first day
of the month).
nocompress
Old versions of log files are not compressed. See also compress.
nocopy Do not copy the original log file and leave it in place. (this overrides the copy option).
nocopytruncate
Do not truncate the original log file in place after creating a copy (this overrides the copytrun‐
cate option).
nocreate
New log files are not created (this overrides the create option).
nocreateolddir
olddir directory is not created by logrotate when it does not exist.
nodelaycompress
Do not postpone compression of the previous log file to the next rotation cycle (this overrides the
delaycompress option).
nodateext
Do not archive old versions of log files with date extension (this overrides the dateext option).
nomail Do not mail old log files to any address.
nomissingok
If a log file does not exist, issue an error. This is the default.
noolddir
Logs are rotated in the directory they normally reside in (this overrides the olddir option).
nosharedscripts
Run prerotate and postrotate scripts for every log file which is rotated (this is the default, and
overrides the sharedscripts option). The absolute path to the log file is passed as first argument
to the script. If the scripts exit with error, the remaining actions will not be executed for the
affected log only.
noshred
Do not use shred when deleting old log files. See also shred.
notifempty
Do not rotate the log if it is empty (this overrides the ifempty option).
olddir directory
Logs are moved into directory for rotation. The directory must be on the same physical device as the
log file being rotated, unless copy, copytruncate or renamecopy option is used. The directory is
assumed to be relative to the directory holding the log file unless an absolute path name is speci‐
fied. When this option is used all old versions of the log end up in directory. This option may be
overridden by the noolddir option.
postrotate/endscript
The lines between postrotate and endscript (both of which must appear on lines by themselves) are
executed (using /bin/sh) after the log file is rotated. These directives may only appear inside a
log file definition. Normally, the absolute path to the log file is passed as first argument to the
script. If sharedscripts is specified, whole pattern is passed to the script. See also prerotate.
See sharedscripts and nosharedscripts for error handling.
prerotate/endscript
The lines between prerotate and endscript (both of which must appear on lines by themselves) are
executed (using /bin/sh) before the log file is rotated and only if the log will actually be
rotated. These directives may only appear inside a log file definition. Normally, the absolute path
to the log file is passed as first argument to the script. If sharedscripts is specified, whole
pattern is passed to the script. See also postrotate. See sharedscripts and nosharedscripts for
error handling.
firstaction/endscript
The lines between firstaction and endscript (both of which must appear on lines by themselves) are
executed (using /bin/sh) once before all log files that match the wildcarded pattern are rotated,
before prerotate script is run and only if at least one log will actually be rotated. These direc‐
tives may only appear inside a log file definition. Whole pattern is passed to the script as first
argument. If the script exits with error, no further processing is done. See also lastaction.
lastaction/endscript
The lines between lastaction and endscript (both of which must appear on lines by themselves) are
executed (using /bin/sh) once after all log files that match the wildcarded pattern are rotated,
after postrotate script is run and only if at least one log is rotated. These directives may only
appear inside a log file definition. Whole pattern is passed to the script as first argument. If the
script exits with error, just an error message is shown (as this is the last action). See also
firstaction.
preremove/endscript
The lines between preremove and endscript (both of which must appear on lines by themselves) are
executed (using /bin/sh) once just before removal of a log file. The logrotate will pass the name
of file which is soon to be removed. See also firstaction.
rotate count
Log files are rotated count times before being removed or mailed to the address specified in a mail
directive. If count is 0, old versions are removed rather than rotated.
size size
Log files are rotated only if they grow bigger then size bytes. If size is followed by k, the size
is assumed to be in kilobytes. If the M is used, the size is in megabytes, and if G is used, the
size is in gigabytes. So size 100, size 100k, size 100M and size 100G are all valid.
sharedscripts
Normally, prerotate and postrotate scripts are run for each log which is rotated and the absolute
path to the log file is passed as first argument to the script. That means a single script may be
run multiple times for log file entries which match multiple files (such as the /var/log/news/*
example). If sharedscripts is specified, the scripts are only run once, no matter how many logs
match the wildcarded pattern, and whole pattern is passed to them. However, if none of the logs in
the pattern require rotating, the scripts will not be run at all. If the scripts exit with error,
the remaining actions will not be executed for any logs. This option overrides the nosharedscripts
option and implies create option.
shred Delete log files using shred -u instead of unlink(). This should ensure that logs are not readable
after their scheduled deletion; this is off by default. See also noshred.
shredcycles count
Asks GNU shred(1) to overwrite log files count times before deletion. Without this option, shred's
default will be used.
start count
This is the number to use as the base for rotation. For example, if you specify 0, the logs will be
created with a .0 extension as they are rotated from the original log files. If you specify 9, log
files will be created with a .9, skipping 0-8. Files will still be rotated the number of times
specified with the rotate directive.
su user group
Rotate log files set under this user and group instead of using default user/group (usually root).
user specifies the user name used for rotation and group specifies the group used for rotation. If
the user/group you specify here does not have sufficient privilege to make files with the ownership
you've specified in a create instruction, it will cause an error.
tabooext [+] list
The current taboo extension list is changed (see the include directive for information on the taboo
extensions). If a + precedes the list of extensions, the current taboo extension list is augmented,
otherwise it is replaced. At startup, the taboo extension list contains .rpmsave, .rpmorig, ~, .dis‐
abled, .dpkg-old, .dpkg-dist, .dpkg-new, .cfsaved, .ucf-old, .ucf-dist, .ucf-new, .rpmnew, .swp,
.cfsaved, .rhn-cfg-tmp-*
weekly [weekday]
Log files are rotated once each weekday, or if the date is advanced by at least 7 days since the
last rotation (while ignoring the exact time). The weekday intepretation is following: 0 means
Sunday, 1 means Monday, ..., 6 means Saturday; the special value 7 means each 7 days, irrespectively
of weekday. Defaults to 0 if the weekday argument is omitted.
yearly Log files are rotated if the current year is not the same as the last rotation.
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