reallyenglish.logrotate
ansible-role-logrotate
Installs logrotate.
Requirements
None.
Role Variables
| Variable | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
logrotate_config |
Path to logrotate.conf |
{{ __logrotate_config }} |
logrotate_conf_d |
Path to logrotate.d |
{{ __logrotate_conf_d }} |
logrotate_default_rotate |
Default value for rotate in logrotate.conf |
30 |
logrotate_default_dateext |
Default value for dateformat in logrotate.conf |
true |
logrotate_default_dateformat |
Default value for dateformat in logrotate.conf |
.%Y%m%d |
logrotate_default_freq |
Default frequency for log rotation in logrotate.conf |
daily |
logrotate_default_su |
Default value of su in logrotate.conf |
{{ __logrotate_default_su }} |
Debian
| Variable | Default |
|---|---|
__logrotate_config |
/etc/logrotate.conf |
__logrotate_conf_d |
/etc/logrotate.d |
__logrotate_default_su |
root syslog |
FreeBSD
| Variable | Default |
|---|---|
__logrotate_config |
/usr/local/etc/logrotate.conf |
__logrotate_conf_d |
/usr/local/etc/logrotate.d |
__logrotate_default_su |
root wheel |
RedHat
| Variable | Default |
|---|---|
__logrotate_config |
/etc/logrotate.conf |
__logrotate_conf_d |
/etc/logrotate.d |
__logrotate_default_su |
root root |
logrotate module
action_plugins/logrotate.py allows you to create tasks like this:
- name: Rotate logstash.log
logrotate:
name: logstash
files:
- /var/log/logstash.log
delaycompress: yes
compress: yes
state: present
frequency: daily
Dependencies
None.
Example Playbook
The following yaml sets up configurations for a default Ubuntu system.
- hosts: localhost
roles:
- ansible-role-logrotate
post_tasks:
- name: Rotate wtmp
logrotate:
name: wtmp
files:
- /var/log/wtmp
frequency: monthly
missingok: yes
create: 0664 root utmp
rotate: 1
su: root syslog
state: present
- name: Rotate btmp
logrotate:
name: btmp
files:
- /var/log/btmp
missingok: yes
frequency: monthly
create: 0660 root utmp
rotate: 1
su: root syslog
state: present
- name: Rotate apt logs
logrotate:
name: apt
files:
- /var/log/apt/term.log
- /var/log/apt/history.log
rotate: 12
frequency: monthly
compress: yes
missingok: yes
notifempty: yes
state: present
- name: Rotate dpkg logs
logrotate:
name: dpkg
files:
- /var/log/dpkg.log
- /var/log/alternatives.log
frequency: monthly
rotate: 12
compress: yes
delaycompress: yes
missingok: yes
notifempty: yes
create: 644 root root
su: root syslog
state: present
- name: Create rsyslog rotation
logrotate:
name: rsyslog
files:
- /var/log/syslog
rotate: 7
frequency: daily
missingok: yes
notifempty: yes
delaycompress: yes
compress: yes
su: root syslog
sharedscripts: no
postrotate:
- "reload rsyslog >/dev/null 2>&1 || true"
state: present
- name: Rotate other rsyslog logs
logrotate:
name: rsyslog_others
files:
- /var/log/mail.info
- /var/log/mail.warn
- /var/log/mail.err
- /var/log/mail.log
- /var/log/daemon.log
- /var/log/kern.log
- /var/log/auth.log
- /var/log/user.log
- /var/log/lpr.log
- /var/log/cron.log
- /var/log/debug
- /var/log/messages
rotate: 4
frequency: weekly
missingok: yes
notifempty: yes
compress: yes
delaycompress: yes
su: root syslog
sharedscripts: yes
postrotate:
- "reload rsyslog >/dev/null 2>&1 || true"
state: present
- name: Rotate unattended-upgrades logs
logrotate:
name: unattended-upgrades
files:
- /var/log/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrades.log
- /var/log/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrades-shutdown.log
rotate: 6
frequency: monthly
compress: yes
missingok: yes
notifempty: yes
state: present
- name: Rotate upstart logs
logrotate:
name: upstart
files:
- /var/log/upstart/*.log
frequency: daily
missingok: yes
rotate: 7
compress: yes
notifempty: yes
nocreate: yes
state: present
vars:
License
Copyright (c) 2016 Tomoyuki Sakurai <[email protected]>
You can use, copy, modify, and share this software for free, as long as you include this copyright notice.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES. THE AUTHOR IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES RESULTING FROM USING THIS SOFTWARE.
Author Information
Tomoyuki Sakurai tomoyukis@reallyenglish.com