log rotation - help Newbie

[nrastogi]

Hi guys,

I would like to rotate the Apache Web Server Logs. I am looking to have one log file for each day.

I am on Red Hat Linux 7.3 and used the default installtion of Apache. Hence I am getting 4 logs, one for each week.

Ideally, I would like to create a logfile into a separate directory, other than /etc/httpd/logs directory and then ftp it over to windows box to analyze.

I have searced the web and couldn't find step by step instruction on how to do it.


Thanks a lot in advance for your help.

Regards,
NRastogi

 

[SaltyDuke]

try going to

http://www.cronolog.com

there's a log rotate program there, but i havent figured out how to use it yet!

sorry i couldn't be of more help.

 

[sleipnir214]

The Apache runtime configuration directives ErrorLog and TransferLog can both be placed inside a <VirtualHost> tag.

For each of my hosting clients, I create a user account on the system, and in that user's home directory I create two directories: &quot;html&quot; and &quot;logs&quot;. The DocumentRoot of each client's virtual server is that client's &quot;html&quot; directory, and I use Apache's ErrorLog and TransferLog directives to tell that client's virtual server to log to that client's &quot;logs&quot; directory.

Then I configure logrotate (which is available as part of the RH 7.3 distribution and should have been installed by default) to rotate logs as appropriate. Want the best answers? Ask the best questions:

http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

TANSTAAFL!

 

[axman505]

that shold be

http://www.cronolog.org