Intro
Redhat uses the logrotate
to manage the rotation of log files. The files end up in /var/log or a subdirectory of that
directory.
Main logrotate config file ( /etc/logrotate.conf)
# see "man logrotate" for details
# rotate log files weekly
weekly
# keep 4 weeks worth of backlogs
rotate 4
# create new (empty) log files after rotating old ones
create
# uncomment this if you want your log files compressed
#compress
# RPM packages drop log rotation information into this directory
include /etc/logrotate.d
# no packages own wtmp -- we'll rotate them here
/var/log/wtmp {
monthly
create 0664 root utmp
rotate 1
}
Specific file for httpd (/etc/logrotate.d/httpd ) overrides file above
/var/log/httpd/*log {
# keep 52 weeks worth of backlogs
rotate 52
missingok
notifempty
sharedscripts
compress
postrotate
/sbin/service httpd reload > /dev/null 2>/dev/null || true
endscript
}