Ansible Role: logrotate

Description

This role installs and sets up logrotate.

Installation

To install, run:

ansible-galaxy install arillso.logrotate

Requirements

No special requirements.

Role Variables

Include Files

Set the path for the include files.

logrotate_include_dir: /etc/logrotate.d

Global Configuration

Turn on/off the global configuration for /etc/logrotate.conf.

logrotate_global_config: true

Hourly Rotation

Turn on/off hourly rotation using cron.

logrotate_use_hourly_rotation: false

Logrotate Options

Global options you can set.

logrotate_options:
  - weekly
  - rotate 4
  - create
  - dateext
  - su root syslog

Package Name

The name of the package to install logrotate.

logrotate_package: logrotate

Default Configuration

For wtmp logs:

logrotate_wtmp_enable: true
logrotate_wtmp:
  logs:
    - /var/log/wtmp
  options:
    - missingok
    - monthly
    - create 0664 root utmp
    - rotate 1

For btmp logs:

logrotate_btmp_enable: true
logrotate_btmp:
  logs:
    - /var/log/btmp
  options:
    - missingok
    - monthly
    - create 0660 root utmp
    - rotate 1

Application Configuration

You can add more applications to be rotated.

logrotate_applications: []

Example Application

Here’s an example of how to add log rotation for an application.

logrotate_applications:
  - name: name-your-log-rotate-application
    definitions:
      - logs:
          - /var/log/apt/term.log
          - /var/log/apt/history.log
        options:
          - su user group
          - rotate 12
          - monthly
          - missingok
          - notifempty
        postrotate:
          - /path/to/some/script

Dependencies

No dependencies.

Example Playbook

Here's a simple playbook to use this role.

- hosts: all
  roles:
    - arillso.logrotate

Author

• Simon Bärlocher

License

This project is under the MIT License. Check the LICENSE file for details.

Copyright

(c) 2019, Arillso