bodsch.logrotate

Ansible Role: `logrotate`

This role installs logrotate and makes it easy to set up extra logrotate scripts by listing the instructions you want to use.

The development of this Ansible role has been moved to the Collection bodsch.core. This repository will not be actively maintained anymore.

Requirements & Dependencies

Ansible Collections

bodsch.core

To install, run:

ansible-galaxy collection install bodsch.core

ansible-galaxy collection install --requirements-file collections.yml

Operating Systems

Tested on:

ArchLinux
Debian-based
- Debian 10 / 11 / 12
- Ubuntu 20.04 / 22.04

RedHat-based systems are not officially supported anymore! It might work, but there's no guarantee.

Usage

logrotate_global:
  rotate_log: weekly
  rotate_size: ''
  su_user: ''
  su_group: ''
  rotate: 2
  create: true
  dateext: true
  compress: true
  tabooext: []
  archive_directory: ''

logrotate_conf_dir: "/etc/logrotate.d"

logrotate_scripts: {}

logrotate_disable_systemd: true

logrotate_scripts: A list of logrotate scripts and their instructions.

state - create (present) or remove (absent) configuration. Default: present
path - The path for logrotate to manage logs.
paths - A list of paths for logrotate to manage logs.
options - List of instructions for logrotate. Check the logrotate manual for details.
scripts - A dictionary of scripts for logrotate (see examples below).

Example Logrotate Script Configurations

logrotate_scripts:
  audit:
    path: /var/log/audit/audit.log
    description: |
      Rotate all audit logs
    options:
      - weekly
      - rotate 4
      - missingok
      - notifempty
      - delaycompress
    scripts:
      prerotate: systemctl stop auditd.service > /dev/null
      postrotate: systemctl start auditd.service > /dev/null
      foo: failed

logrotate_scripts:
  nginx:
    paths:
      - /var/log/nginx/*/*.log
      - /var/log/nginx/*.log
    options:
      - weekly
      - rotate 2
      - missingok
      - notifempty
      - compress
      - sharedscripts
      - create 0644 http log
      - su root http
    scripts:
      postrotate: test ! -r /run/nginx.pid || kill -USR1 $(cat /run/nginx.pid)