dmitrii-ageev.logrotate

This role will setup logrotate and create additional rotation scripts.

The main role purpose is to:

• make sure logrotate is installed and enabled in cron;
• make it easy to configure logrotate - create per-application files in /etc/logrotate.d;
• handle log files for standard installations.

Requirements

This role requires root access.

Role Variables

logrotate__files: A list of logrotate files and the directives to use for the rotation.

name - The name of the file that goes into /etc/logrotate.d/. state - If set to 'absent' the file will be deleted from /etc/logrotate.d/ directory. path - A list of path patterns for the log rotation. options - List of directives for logrotate, view the logrotate man page for specifics. scripts - Dictionary of scripts for logrotate with format section_name: 'executed command'.

Example Playbook

You can invoke this role from a playbook or from an other role, declaring it as a dependency in the meta file.

---
- hosts: all
  become: true
  roles:
    - role: dmitrii-ageev.logrotate
      logrotate__files:
        - name: glusterfs
          path:
            - /var/log/glusterfs/samples/*.samp
            - /var/log/glusterfs/bricks/*.log
          options:
            - daily
            - rotate 3
            - sharedscripts
            - missingok
            - compress
            - delaycompress
          scripts: 
            postrotate: systemctl reload glusterfs
...

License

GNU General Public License v2.0

Author Information

Dmitrii Ageev d.ageev@gmail.com