[squid-users] Logrotate question

[robert k Wild]

Thanks Eliezer, really appreciate it :)

On Thu, 16 Jun 2022, 14:03 , <ngtech1ltd at gmail.com> wrote:

> So just create the file I sent you before or extract the file from the
> squid RPM using “rpm2cpio squid…rpm |cpio -dimv” in some tmp dir.
>
> You will just need to copy the file into the proper location, disable the
> cron you have created and if the squid binary is in a specific different
> folder change the path of the squid binary in the squid logrotate file
> accordingly.
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>
>
> All The Bests,
>
> Eliezer
>
>
>
> *From:* robert k Wild <robertkwild at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, 16 June 2022 15:24
> *To:* Eliezer Croitoru <ngtech1ltd at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* Squid Users <squid-users at lists.squid-cache.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [squid-users] Logrotate question
>
>
>
> No squid isn't sorry it is compiled from source, I forgot to add it sorry
> about that
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> On Thu, 16 Jun 2022, 13:19 , <ngtech1ltd at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Since this one is from yum install it’s very simple to just change the
> config files of squid and logrotate.
>
>
>
> If you need more assistance let me know.
>
>
>
> Eliezer
>
>
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> *From:* robert k Wild <robertkwild at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, 16 June 2022 14:52
> *To:* Eliezer Croitoru <ngtech1ltd at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* Squid Users <squid-users at lists.squid-cache.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [squid-users] Logrotate question
>
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> Self compiled from source with others ie
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> Squidclamav
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> Cicap
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> Cicap modules
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> And clamav but did this one via yum install
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> On Thu, 16 Jun 2022, 12:27 , <ngtech1ltd at gmail.com> wrote:
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> How did you installed squid on CentOS 7?
>
> From my packages or the OS default or self compiled or another source?
>
>
>
> Eliezer
>
>
>
> *From:* robert k Wild <robertkwild at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, 16 June 2022 14:05
> *To:* Eliezer Croitoru <ngtech1ltd at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* Squid Users <squid-users at lists.squid-cache.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [squid-users] Logrotate question
>
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>
> Oops sorry you did say that, sorry I didn't see that at first
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> On Thu, 16 Jun 2022, 12:04 robert k Wild, <robertkwild at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I imagine Eliezer that's what I need to put in logrotate.conf file
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> 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
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>       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:
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> *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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