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rferrylagi
PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 3:14 pm 
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I'm trying to limit the size of my log files for my web folder. access.log is getting so large that it is taking a while to access it.
It seems that I've done something because there are new log files created, but my log folder looks like this:

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access.log 0
error.log 0
access.log.1 0
error.log.1 0
access.log.2 80,413,564
error.log.2 3,718,266


Obviously, the log is rotating, but the information is all coming along to the new log rather than staying behind in the archive log.

Here is what I have. I added the following to /etc/logrotate.conf:

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# system-specific logs may be configured here
/home/user/public/website.org/log/*.log {
missingok
daily
rotate 30
create 640 root user
}


My /etc/cron.daily/logrotate looks like:

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#!/bin/sh

test -x /usr/sbin/logrotate || exit 0
/usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf


Also, I'm not sure what the "test -x" line is about. Can I delete that??

Thanks in advance for any advice.
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hoopycat
PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 4:44 pm 
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You need to reload apache after rotating log files, otherwise it'll keep writing to the old log file since it still has it open. From /etc/logrotate.d/apache2 on one of my systems,

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/var/log/apache2/*.log {
        weekly
        missingok
        rotate 52
        compress
        delaycompress
        notifempty
        create 640 root adm
        sharedscripts
        postrotate
                if [ -f "`. /etc/apache2/envvars ; echo ${APACHE_PID_FILE:-/var/run/apache2.pid}`" ]; then
                        /etc/init.d/apache2 reload > /dev/null
                fi
        endscript
}


The 'postrotate' part is the key.

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rferrylagi
PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 5:17 pm 
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Thanks!

I'm a little afraid to copy and paste this exact code to the bottom of my config. Is there anything in there that I may need to change since I'm referencing the web access logs?

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postrotate
if [ -f "`. /etc/apache2/envvars ; echo ${APACHE_PID_FILE:-/var/run/apache2.pid}`" ]; then
/etc/init.d/apache2 reload > /dev/null
fi
endscript


Or will this addition do the trick do you think?
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rferrylagi
PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 5:34 pm 
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Now this is happening:

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* Reloading web server config apache2
httpd not running, trying to start
(13)Permission denied: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:80
(13)Permission denied: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80
no listening sockets available, shutting down
Unable to open logs [fail]


Please help if you have an idea of what I may have done. Thanks!
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hoopycat
PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 5:36 pm 
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Which distribution are you running, and which web server are you using? I assumed you were using Apache, which was probably incorrect.

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rferrylagi
PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 5:39 pm 
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I am. I'm running Ubuntu 10.04.

I've deleted the entire system specific log configuration and it is still not reloading apache2.

I really appreciate your help!
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rferrylagi
PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 5:45 pm 
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My ports.config file (I saw this was one possible issue, but mine seems OK):
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# If you just change the port or add more ports here, you will likely also
# have to change the VirtualHost statement in
# /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default
# This is also true if you have upgraded from before 2.2.9-3 (i.e. from
# Debian etch). See /usr/share/doc/apache2.2-common/NEWS.Debian.gz and
# README.Debian.gz

NameVirtualHost *:80
Listen 80

<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
# If you add NameVirtualHost *:443 here, you will also have to change
# the VirtualHost statement in /etc/apache2/sites-available/default-ssl
# to <VirtualHost *:443>
# Server Name Indication for SSL named virtual hosts is currently not
# supported by MSIE on Windows XP.
Listen 443
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_gnutls.c>
Listen 443
</IfModule>
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rferrylagi
PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 5:48 pm 
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Nevermind. Stupid mistake.
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rferrylagi
PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 6:01 pm 
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I'm learning (only a week into building a vps and I have no coding background) and I really appreciate your patience. I have it all correctly functioning now including your very helpful script! logs are now turning over properly.
The reason I couldn't reload apache was because I forgot that I had not su root. All that was required was sudo!

Like I said. Stupid mistake. :)
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hoopycat
PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 6:23 am 
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Cool! Good to know it is working. logrotate is right up there with etckeeper and sl on my should-be-installed-on-every-system list. :-)

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