Ansible Logrotate Role

logrotate is an ansible role which:

installs logrotate

adds logrotate scripts

Installation

Using ansible-galaxy:

$ ansible-galaxy install franklinkim.logrotate

Using requirements.yml:

- src: franklinkim.logrotate

Using git:

$ git clone https://github.com/weareinteractive/ansible-logrotate.git franklinkim.logrotate

Dependencies

Ansible >= 1.9

Variables

Here is a list of all the default variables for this role, which are also available in defaults/main.yml.

# logrotate_scripts:
#   - name: nginx
#     path: /var/log/nginx/*.log
#     options:
#       - daily
#       - compress
#       - rotate 6
#       - missingok
#       - copytruncate
#       - delaycompress
#     scripts:
#       postrotate: "[ -s /run/nginx.pid ] && kill USR1 `cat /run/nginx.pid`"
#

# package name (version)
logrotate_package: logrotate
# script to install
logrotate_scripts: []

Example playbook

- hosts: all
  sudo: yes
  roles:
    - franklinkim.logrotate
  vars:
    logrotate_scripts:
      - name: syslog
        path: /var/log/syslog
        options:
          - daily
          - compress
          - rotate 6
          - missingok
          - copytruncate
          - delaycompress

Testing

$ git clone https://github.com/weareinteractive/ansible-logrotate.git
$ cd ansible-logrotate
$ vagrant up

Contributing

In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests and examples for any new or changed functionality.

Fork it
Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
Create new Pull Request

sergeifilippov/ansible-logrotate