Ansible Role: logrotate
Description
Installs and configures logrotate
Installation
ansible-galaxy install arillso.logrotate
Requirements
None
Role Variables
imclude files
Path to the imclude files.
logrotate_include_dir: /etc/logrotate.d
logrotate_use_hourly_rotation
Enable hourly rotation with cron.
logrotate_use_hourly_rotation: false
logrotate options
List of global options.
logrotate_options:
- weekly
- rotate 4
- create
- dateext
- su root syslog
Package
package name to install logrotate.
logrotate_package: logrotate
default config
logroate for wtmp
logrotate_wtmp:
logs:
- /var/log/wtmp
options:
- missingok
- monthly
- create 0664 root utmp
- rotate 1
logroate for btmp
logrotate_btmp:
logs:
- /var/log/btmp
options:
- missingok
- monthly
- create 0660 root utmp
- rotate 1
applications config
More log files can be added that will logorate.
logrotate_applications: []
Example
The following options are available.
logrotate_applications:
- name: name-your-log-rotate-application
definitions:
- logs:
- /var/log/apt/term.log
- /var/log/apt/history.log
options:
- rotate 12
- monthly
- missingok
- notifempty
Dependencies
None
Example Playbook
- hosts: all
roles:
- arillso.logrotate
Author
License
This project is under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for the full license text.
Copyright
(c) 2019, Arillso