Logrotate in Yate - Revision history

Moritz Orbach: /* How does it work? */ explanation of config file as a table

2014-03-12T21:57:31Z

‎How does it work?: explanation of config file as a table

Moritz Orbach: wording

2014-03-12T21:31:50Z

wording

Moritz Orbach: Yate should be mentioned in the intro

2014-03-12T21:29:00Z

Yate should be mentioned in the intro

Moritz Orbach: intro: explanation what logrotate is first. Rewording: yate.logrotate doesn't just use the same sytnax, it's a config file for lr.

2014-03-12T21:22:23Z

intro: explanation what logrotate is first. Rewording: yate.logrotate doesn't just use the same sytnax, it's a config file for lr.

Moritz Orbach: minor cleanup

2014-03-12T20:27:23Z

minor cleanup

Monica: /* How to use it? */

2013-11-04T09:41:12Z

‎How to use it?

Paulc at 11:37, 7 May 2013

2013-05-07T11:37:26Z

Dana: /* Prepare the init script */

2013-01-15T14:48:33Z

‎Prepare the init script

Dana: /* How to use it? */

2013-01-15T14:38:33Z

‎How to use it?

Dana at 14:31, 15 January 2013

2013-01-15T14:31:54Z

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 ===How does it work?===
-The logrotate configuration file, etc/logrotate.conf, besides the usual options and directives, includes other configuration files found in /etc/logrotate.d. Various packages will install their own configuration file that ensures their logs are properly rotated. This also applies for yate.logrotate, which will rotate yate's log file.
+The logrotate configuration file, /etc/logrotate.conf, besides the usual options and directives, includes other configuration files found in /etc/logrotate.d/. Various packages will install their own configuration file that ensures their logs are properly rotated. This also applies for yate.logrotate, which will rotate yate's log file.
 Below you can see the content of the configuration file:
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+  }
-According to this configuration file, logrotate handles the files yate and yate-cdr.tsv by rotating it each time its size reaches 100 M.<br>
+According to this configuration file, logrotate handles the files yate and yate-cdr.tsv by rotating them each time their size reach 100 M.<br>
-Each day, logrotate will compare the size of /var/log/yate with 100 M. If its size is 100 M or bigger, the log file will be rotated.<br>
+{|class="wikitable"
-The number of rotations is 5.<br>
+! Directive
-After a running period of time, logrotate will start overwriting the rotated files. This measure is meant to prevent Yate's crash due to /var/log/yate reaching a file size of 2 GB.<br>
+! Meaning
-You won't receive an error message if the log file is missing but the file will not be rotated if it is empty.<br>
+|-
-The command “kill -HUP” sends a SIGHUP signal to Yate's supervisor each time yate.logrotate has finished rotating the log file.
+| <tt>size=100M</tt>
 ===Prepare the init script===

← Older revision		Revision as of 21:31, 12 March 2014
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−	[https://fedorahosted.org/logrotate/ logrotate] is a UNIX program that eases the management of log files by automatically compressing, rotating, removing and emailing the ~~files~~ as specified in the configuration ~~files~~. It runs as a daily cron job. Yate doesn't rotate its own logs, but integrates into "logrotate" by providing a configuration file for it.	+	[https://fedorahosted.org/logrotate/ logrotate] is a UNIX program that eases the management of log files by automatically compressing, rotating, removing and emailing the logs as specified in the configuration. It runs as a daily cron job. Yate doesn't rotate its own logs, but integrates into "logrotate" by providing a configuration file for it.

	===logrotate and Yate===		===logrotate and Yate===

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-[https://fedorahosted.org/logrotate/ logrotate] is a UNIX program that eases the management of log files by automatically compressing, rotating, removing and emailing the files as specified in the configuration files. It runs as a daily cron job.
+[https://fedorahosted.org/logrotate/ logrotate] is a UNIX program that eases the management of log files by automatically compressing, rotating, removing and emailing the files as specified in the configuration files. It runs as a daily cron job. Yate doesn't rotate its own logs, but integrates into "logrotate" by providing a configuration file for it.
 ===logrotate and Yate===
-Yate doesn't rotate its own logs, but integrates into logrotate by providing a configuration file for it. If you decide that you want to take a look, you can find it as "yate.logrotate" in the packing/ subdirectory in the Yate source. When you install Yate as a service, this file will be installed as /etc/logrotate.d/yate/, along with the logrotate configuration files for all the other services and programs installed on your system.
+If you decide that you want to take a look, you can find the logrotate configuration as "yate.logrotate" in the packing/ subdirectory in the Yate source. When you install Yate as a service, this file will be installed as /etc/logrotate.d/yate/, along with the configuration files for all the other services and programs installed on your system.
 Type “<code>man logrotate</code>” in the command line for an explanation of logrotate options and configuration file syntax.

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-The file “yate.logrotate” is a configuration file that uses the same options and directives as UNIX's logrotate.
+===logrotate and Yate===
-Just type “man logrotate” in the command line to convince yourself. If you decide that you want to take a look, you can find yate.logrotate in the packing/ subdirectory of Yate. When you install Yate as a service, the configuration file will be installed as /etc/logrotate.d/yate, along with the configuration files for all the other services and programs installed on your system.
-===Why use logrotate?===
+Yate doesn't rotate its own logs, but integrates into logrotate by providing a configuration file for it. If you decide that you want to take a look, you can find it as "yate.logrotate" in the packing/ subdirectory in the Yate source. When you install Yate as a service, this file will be installed as /etc/logrotate.d/yate/, along with the logrotate configuration files for all the other services and programs installed on your system.
-Logrotate is an application that runs as a daily cron job. It eases the management of system logs.<br>
+Type “<code>man logrotate</code>” in the command line for an explanation of logrotate options and configuration file syntax.
-You can compress, rotate, remove and email file logs of your system as well as for other processes.
 ===Prepare logs rotation===

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 Logrotate is an application that runs as a daily cron job. It eases the management of system logs.<br>
-You can compress, rotate,remove and email file logs of your system as well as for other processes.
+You can compress, rotate, remove and email file logs of your system as well as for other processes.
 ===Prepare logs rotation===
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+  }
-According to the configuration file, logrotate handles the files yate and yate-cdr.tsv by rotating it each time its' size reaches 100 M.<br>
+According to this configuration file, logrotate handles the files yate and yate-cdr.tsv by rotating it each time its size reaches 100 M.<br>
-Each day, logrotate will compare the size of /var/log/yate with 100 M. If its' size is 100 M or bigger, the log file will be rotated.<br>
+Each day, logrotate will compare the size of /var/log/yate with 100 M. If its size is 100 M or bigger, the log file will be rotated.<br>
 The number of rotations is 5.<br>
-After a running period of time, logrotate will start overwriting the rotated files. This measure is meant to prevent Yate's crash due to reaching of /var/log/yate to 2 GB in size. <br>
+After a running period of time, logrotate will start overwriting the rotated files. This measure is meant to prevent Yate's crash due to /var/log/yate reaching a file size of 2 GB.<br>
 You won't receive an error message if the log file is missing but the file will not be rotated if it is empty.<br>
 The command “kill -HUP” sends a SIGHUP signal to Yate's supervisor each time yate.logrotate has finished rotating the log file.
-=== Prepare the init script===
+===Prepare the init script===
 You need to copy and rename the proper '''yate.init''' from a subdirectory of packing/ to '''/etc/init.d''' where all service start scripts are installed. Note that the script and additional tools depend on the Linux distribution used so take the correct one.

← Older revision		Revision as of 09:41, 4 November 2013
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	* [[Starting Yate]]		* [[Starting Yate]]
		+
		+	[[Category:Administrate]] [[Category:Log rotation]]

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       rotate 5
       missingok
       notifempty
       postrotate
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+  }
-File yate.logrotate handles the file yate and yate-cdr.tsv by rotating it each time its' size reaches 100 M.<br>
+According to the configuration file, logrotate handles the files yate and yate-cdr.tsv by rotating it each time its' size reaches 100 M.<br>
-Each day, yate.logrotate will compare the size of /var/log/yate with 100 M. If its' size is 100 M or bigger, the log file will be rotated.<br>
+Each day, logrotate will compare the size of /var/log/yate with 100 M. If its' size is 100 M or bigger, the log file will be rotated.<br>
 The number of rotations is 5.<br>
-After a running period of time, yate.logrotate will start overwriting the rotated files. This measure is meant to prevent Yate's crush due to reaching of /var/log/yate to 2 GB in size. <br>
+After a running period of time, logrotate will start overwriting the rotated files. This measure is meant to prevent Yate's crash due to reaching of /var/log/yate to 2 GB in size. <br>
 You won't receive an error message if the log file is missing but the file will not be rotated if it is empty.<br>
 The command “kill -HUP” sends a SIGHUP signal to Yate's supervisor each time yate.logrotate has finished rotating the log file.

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 This operation needs that you run as root:
-  cp packing/rpm/yate.init /etc/init.d/yate-local
+  cp packing/rpm/yate.init /etc/init.d/yate
-  chown root.root /etc/init.d/yate-local
+  chown root.root /etc/init.d/yate
 Replace ''rpm'' with what matches best your distribution's package manager.

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	The file “yate.logrotate” is a configuration file that uses the same options and directives as UNIX's logrotate.		The file “yate.logrotate” is a configuration file that uses the same options and directives as UNIX's logrotate.