Hi Eliezer, Basically I want to keep logs for 3 months then rotate so it overwrites them with another 3 months, if that makes sense
On Thu, 16 Jun 2022, 10:39 , <ngtech1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Rob, > > > > First there is a difference between rotation and deletion. > > If it’s not a loaded system then 3 month is ok but… in most use cases > it’s better to rotate every day but to delete after 3 month. > > You have the choice to compress the files or to leave them in plain text > but it’s only a choice of resources preservation. > > > > Let me see, I will look at my CentOS 7 system and will try to find the > right way to do it. > > > > Eliezer > > > > *From:* robert k Wild <robertkw...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Thursday, 16 June 2022 11:28 > *To:* Eliezer Croitoru <ngtech1...@gmail.com> > *Cc:* Squid Users <squid-users@lists.squid-cache.org> > *Subject:* Re: [squid-users] Logrotate question > > > > Thanks Eliezer > > > > I have centos 7 and I want it to rotate every 3 months as we need to keep > logs for every 3 months. > > > > Thanks, > > Rob > > > > On Thu, 16 Jun 2022, 08:11 , <ngtech1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Rob, > > > > It will be different how you implement and use logrotate manually or with > the logrotate tools. > > What OS are you using? > > > > Eliezer > > > > *From:* squid-users <squid-users-boun...@lists.squid-cache.org> *On > Behalf Of *robert k Wild > *Sent:* Wednesday, 15 June 2022 20:19 > *To:* Squid Users <squid-users@lists.squid-cache.org> > *Subject:* [squid-users] Logrotate question > > > > Hi all, > > > > ATM to clear the logs, I do this in crontab, every 3 months > > > > 0 0 1 */3 * echo "" > /usr/local/squid/var/logs/access.log and do the same > for cache log > > > > It works but I want to really use log rotate ie > > > > 0 0 1 */3 * /usr/local/squid/sbin/squid -k rotate > > > > I hear log rotate keeps 10 files by default so does that mean I will have > 10 access logs etc and also will it keep the file the same ie won't change > the size or compress it to save space > > > > Thanks, > > Rob > > _______________________________________________ > squid-users mailing list > squid-users@lists.squid-cache.org > http://lists.squid-cache.org/listinfo/squid-users > >
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