[squid-users] Logrotate question

[robert k Wild]

Oops sorry you did say that, sorry I didn't see that at first

On Thu, 16 Jun 2022, 12:04 robert k Wild, <robertkwild at gmail.com> wrote:

> I imagine Eliezer that's what I need to put in logrotate.conf file
>
> On Thu, 16 Jun 2022, 12:01 , <ngtech1ltd at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Oops,
>>
>>
>>
>> The next is the file: /etc/logrotate.d/squid
>>
>> ##START
>>
>> /var/log/squid/*.log {
>>
>>     weekly
>>
>>     rotate 5
>>
>>     compress
>>
>>     notifempty
>>
>>     missingok
>>
>>     nocreate
>>
>>     sharedscripts
>>
>>     postrotate
>>
>>       # Asks squid to reopen its logs. (logfile_rotate 0 is set in
>> squid.conf)
>>
>>       # errors redirected to make it silent if squid is not running
>>
>>       /usr/sbin/squid -k rotate 2>/dev/null
>>
>>       # Wait a little to allow Squid to catch up before the logs is
>> compressed
>>
>>       sleep 1
>>
>>     endscript
>>
>> }
>>
>> ##END
>>
>>
>>
>> So you need to change the rotate to 92+ and also change the squid number
>> of logs to the same number.
>>
>>
>>
>> Let me know if you it’s helpful.
>>
>>
>>
>> Eliezer
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* ngtech1ltd at gmail.com <ngtech1ltd at gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, 16 June 2022 14:00
>> *To:* 'robert k Wild' <robertkwild at gmail.com>; 'Squid Users' <
>> squid-users at lists.squid-cache.org>
>> *Subject:* RE: [squid-users] Logrotate question
>>
>>
>>
>> Hey Rob,
>>
>>
>>
>> The next is the file:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* squid-users <squid-users-bounces at lists.squid-cache.org> *On
>> Behalf Of *robert k Wild
>> *Sent:* Thursday, 16 June 2022 13:27
>> *To:* Squid Users <squid-users at lists.squid-cache.org>
>> *Subject:* Re: [squid-users] Logrotate question
>>
>>
>>
>> Cool, so I will rotate daily and delete after 91 days, thanks guys
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 16 Jun 2022, 11:14 Matus UHLAR - fantomas, <uhlar at fantomas.sk>
>> wrote:
>>
>> On 16.06.22 10:54, robert k Wild wrote:
>> >Basically I want to keep logs for 3 months then rotate so it overwrites
>> >them with another 3 months, if that makes sense
>>
>> in fact, it does not.
>>
>> I guess you are supposed to keep 3 months of logs, which mean, you always
>> need to have 3 months of logs available.
>>
>> Each day, you can delete log files over 3 months old.
>>
>> If you rotated lof once in 3 months, you would have single file with 3
>> months of logs in it, and could remove it 3 months after rotating, when
>> first logs would be 6 months old.
>>
>> As we already told you, rotate daily and remove old logs after 92 days.
>> and use logrotate config.
>>
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