How to pipe the access_log to rotate every 24 hours? 1

[stla]

My goal is to rotate the access log so that it rotates every 24 hours.

The path to the binaries is /usr/freeware/apache/sbin
and the path to the logs is /usr/freeware/var/log

Where I am struggling is with my command:

"|/usr/freeware/apache/sbin/rotatelogs /usr/freeware/var/log/access_log 86400"

Does my script look correct?
How do I get Apache to execute or recognise this command?

Best regards

 

[lgarner]

Put it in your httpd.conf file. See "man rotatelogs":

SUMMARY
rotatelogs is a simple program for use in conjunction with Apache's piped logfile feature. For example:

CustomLog "|bin/rotatelogs /var/logs/logfile 86400" common
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[stla]

Thank you. I found the lines in the httpd.conf files.

I added my command files like this:

CustomLog "|/usr/freeware/apache/sbin/rotatelogs /usr/freeware/var/log/access_log 86400" common

ErrorLog "|/usr/freeware/apache/sbin/rotatelogs /usr/freeware/apache/var/log/error_log 86400"

I then stopped and started apache again.

Instantly a new error log with numerical suffix was generated (error_log.1159315200).

Two questions however:
Q1) Is it correct for the error log command not to have 'common' at the end?

Q2) After restarting, shouldn't there also be a duplicate access_log?

Best regards

 

[lgarner]

1. yes. The log formatting only applies to CustomLog
2. Not unless there's a duplicate CustomLog line.