Master:
Develop:
Configures logrotate scripts for log files. Comes with some builtin configs and allows for custom configs.
To install this role run ansible-galaxy install sansible.logrotate or add
this to your roles.yml.
- src: sansible.logrotate
version: v4.1.0-latestand run ansible-galaxy install -p ./roles -r roles.yml
This role uses two tags: build and configure
build- Installs Logrotate server.configure- Configures and ensures that the service is running.
| Variable | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| sansible_logrotate_application_logs_delay_compress | yes | Whether to delay compression of rotated application logs [1] |
| sansible_logrotate_application_logs_delete_rotated_logs | no | Whether to delete rotated application logs via postrotate [2] |
| sansible_logrotate_application_logs_paths | [] | Out of the box config for generic application logs |
| sansible_logrotate_application_logs_rotate_days | 7 | Number of days to retain application logs |
| sansible_logrotate_application_logs_rotate_size | ~ | Size constraint for rotating application logs |
| sansible_logrotate_custom_configs | [] | Specify a path and a list of options to go into the config file |
| sansible_logrotate_version | ~ | Version number Logrotate package |
[1] https://linux.die.net/man/8/logrotate [2] Forcible deletes log files as rotate 0 seems to leave a single rotated log behind
Note You can force logrotate to run like so:
# Dry run
logrotate -d /etc/logrotate.conf
# Actual run
logrotate -d -f /etc/logrotate.confInstall with builtin application log config and custom config:
- name: Install Logrotate
hosts: sandbox
roles:
role: logrotate
sansible_logrotate_application_logs_delay_compress: yes
sansible_logrotate_application_logs_paths:
- /application/logs/*.log
- /another_application/logs/*.log
sansible_logrotate_custom_configs:
- name: custom_log
path: "/var/log/cutom/*.log"
options:
- weekly
- size 25M
- missingok
- compress
- delaycompress
- copytruncate
scripts:
postrotate: "service rsyslog restart"