🖥️logrotate

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/opt/remotelogs/firewalls/VPN-Management-outside.log
{
        hourly < daily < weekly < monthly
        rotate 20  
        maxsize 5G
        compress
        dateext
        missingok
        notifempty
        sharedscripts
        postrotate
                invoke-rc.d rsyslog rotate > /dev/null
        endscript
}
               
# rotate mailgateway daily
/opt/remotelogs/mx/mailgateway.log
{
        daily
        dateyesterday
        rotate 200
        compresscmd /bin/bzip2
        compressext .bz2
        compress
        dateext
        missingok
        notifempty
        sharedscripts
        postrotate
                invoke-rc.d rsyslog rotate > /dev/null
        endscript
}

# Logrotate manually:        
postrotate /etc/logrotate/logrotatefile
prerotate
		 

logrotate --force $CONFIG_FILE
logrotate --force /etc/logrotate.d/

# Debug Modus - give you verbose description of what 
logrotate -d [your_config_file]

 
#==============================##==============================#
# CMD LOGROTATE						       #
#==============================##==============================#

Cheatsheets are an excellent complement to other information sources like Linux man-pages, Linux help, or How-To’s and tutorials, as they provide compact and easily accessible information. While man-pages and detailed tutorials often contain comprehensive explanations and extensive guides, cheatsheets summarize the most important options forthe command logrotate in a clear format. This allows users to quickly access the needed information for logrotate without having to sift through lengthy texts. Especially in stressful situations or for recurring tasks, cheatsheets for logrotate are a valuable resource to work efficiently and purposefully.

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