kbrebanov.logrotate

logrotate

Installs and configures logrotate

Requirements

This role requires Ansible 1.9 or higher.

Role Variables

Name	Default	Description
logrotate_options	[ 'weekly', 'su root syslog', 'rotate 4', 'create' ]	List of default options
logrotate_wtmp	{ logs: ['/var/log/wtmp'], options: ['missingok', 'monthly', 'create 0664 root utmp', 'rotate 1'] }	Logrotate options for wtmp
logrotate_btmp	{ logs: ['/var/log/btmp'], options: ['missingok', 'monthly', 'create 0660 root utmp', 'rotate 1'] }	Logrotate options for btmp
logrotate_applications	[]	Logrotate options for other applications

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

Install logrotate

- hosts: all
  roles:
    - kbrebanov.logrotate

Install logrotate and configure rotation for ufw

- hosts: all
  vars:
    logrotate_applications:
      - name: ufw
        definitions:
          - logs:
              - /var/log/ufw.log
            options:
              - rotate 4
              - weekly
              - missingok
              - notifempty
              - compress
              - delaycompress
              - sharedscripts
            postrotate:
              - invoke-rc.d rsyslog reload >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
  roles:
    - kbrebanov.logrotate

Install logrotate and configure rotation for apt

- hosts: all
  vars:
    logrotate_applications:
      - name: apt
        definitions:
          - logs:
              - /var/log/apt/term.log
            options:
              - rotate 12
              - monthly
              - compress
              - missingok
              - notifempty
          - logs:
              - /var/log/apt/history.log
            options:
              - rotate 12
              - monthly
              - compress
              - missingok
              - notifempty
  roles:
    - kbrebanov.logrotate