Logrotate

This is an Ansible role designed to install and set up Logrotate on an Ubuntu machine.

Requirements

No specific requirements.

Role Variables

• name: The name of the Logrotate configuration file.

• paths: A list of log file locations that will be handled by Logrotate.

  paths:
    - "/foo/bar/test.log"
    - "/foo/bar/dev.log"
  

• frequency: How often the log will be rotated. Options are: daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly.

• minsize: Log files will be rotated when they exceed a certain size (in bytes) and after an additional time period (daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly).

  minsize: 100M
  

• maxsize: Log files will be rotated if they exceed a set size (in bytes) even if the specified time period hasn't passed.

  maxsize: 1G
  

• rotate: The number of times log files will be rotated before they are deleted or sent by email.

  rotate: 7
  

• extra_scripts: Additional scripts or configurations that are not part of the default settings for this role.

  extra_scripts: |
    create 644 user group
    postrotate
      <some scripts here>
    endscript
  

Dependencies

No dependencies.

Example Playbook

- name: Example logrotate
  hosts: all
  roles:
    - role: jobscore.logrotate
  vars:
    logrotate_config:
      - name: Rails logrotate
        paths:
          - "/var/log/rails.log"
        frequency: daily
        minsize: 100M
        rotate: 7
        extra_scripts: |
          create 644 app app
          sharedscripts
          postrotate
            echo "Hello"
          endscript

License

GPLv3

Author Information

Glauber Batista