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    Custom logs sizing

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    • K Offline
      kaymerait
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      Hi guys.

      i wanted to know. if I've created a custom log on the pfsense box, do i have an option to add it to the sizing mechanism of the other logs? so it won't be able to grow larger than 512KB? or should i use another method for rotation?

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      • jimpJ Offline
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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        The log files maintained by pfSense are binary circular log ("clog") files. If you make a plain text log on your own, there isn't a way to have pfSense manage that log in any way (rotation, size limit, etc) at the moment.

        Perhaps with the syslog-ng package, but I haven't tried that.

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