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    Is it possible to include Logrotate on PfSense

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      morgan14
      last edited by

      Hello, i would like to use logrotate on my work station PfSense to save one copy of access.log per days.

      How can I install Logrotate ?

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      • Cry HavokC
        Cry Havok
        last edited by

        Search the packages forum where the topic of "how do I install package X" comes up regularly.

        Keep in mind (as has been said recently on the forum) that the logs aren't written to disk.  If they matter to you then you have to have a box running a syslog server to receive the logs.

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          morgan14
          last edited by

          Thanks. But my aims is just to have a copy of access.log each days.

          This file is written on hard disk no ?

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          • Cry HavokC
            Cry Havok
            last edited by

            If you only want to rotate the squid log you can simply stick a call to "/usr/local/sbin/squid -k rotate" in /etc/crontab.

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              morgan14
              last edited by

              @Cry:

              If you only want to rotate the squid log you can simply stick a call to "/usr/local/sbin/squid -k rotate" in /etc/crontab.

              I saw that but my chief want to process on logrotate solution.

              So I have the package on /usr/ports/sysutils/logrotate/

              But when i try to install this package with "make install clean" i have the message : "make - command not found"

              How can I get this command ?

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                hoba
                last edited by

                Add the developers package or install a developers version right from the start. Btw, this is not officially supported.

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                  morgan14
                  last edited by

                  I know logrotate is not officially supported but I wish it can works on pfsense  :o

                  I install developper's version and I'll said you my configuration after that.

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                  • Cry HavokC
                    Cry Havok
                    last edited by

                    Just be warned, squid will keep writing to the old log if you rotate it with logrotate and you'll be in a world of hurt unless you restart squid or use it to rotate it's own log.

                    IMO it sounds like your "chief" has a solution that's looking for a problem and isn't thinking clearly  ;)

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                      morgan14
                      last edited by

                      I used logrotate yesterday and this morning a file was created name "access.log.1.gz" .

                      I wish this afternoon I'll have "access.log.2.gz" .

                      Do logrotate clean principal file (access.log) after he create a new one ? How it work ?

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                      • GruensFroeschliG
                        GruensFroeschli
                        last edited by

                        Uhm… this is a forum about pfSense.
                        You are asking the wrong questions in the wrong place.
                        http://www.linuxcommand.org/man_pages/logrotate8.html
                        Why not ask uncle google if there are mailinglists/forums for logrotate?

                        We do what we must, because we can.

                        Asking questions the smart way: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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                        • Cry HavokC
                          Cry Havok
                          last edited by

                          RTFM:

                          http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=logrotate&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+6.2-RELEASE+and+Ports&format=html

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                            morgan14
                            last edited by

                            sorry guys I'll search by myself  ;)

                            Thanks a lot for all

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                              grndhog3rd
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                              @morgan14:

                              sorry guys I'll search by myself  ;)

                              Thanks a lot for all

                              Edit /usr/local/pkg/squid.inc

                              $conf .= <<<eod<br>icp_port $icp_port

                              pid_filename $pidfile
                              cache_effective_user proxy
                              cache_effective_group proxy
                              error_directory $errordir
                              visible_hostname $hostname
                              cache_mgr $email

                              access_log $logdir_access
                              cache_log $logdir_cache
                              cache_store_log none
                              shutdown_lifetime 3 seconds
                              logfile_rotate 31  <<–- add option here

                              EOD;

                              I have mine set for 31 rotations.</eod<br>

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