logrotate Cookbook

Manages the logrotate package and provides resources to manage both global and application-specific logrotate configurations. This cookbook allows you to manage the logrotate package installation and create configuration for both the main logrotate.conf file and application-specific configurations in /etc/logrotate.d/.

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Requirements

Platforms

Should work on any platform that includes a 'logrotate' package and writes logrotate configuration to /etc/logrotate.d.

Tested on:

• Ubuntu / Debian
• CentOS
• Amazon Linux
• openSUSE Leap

Chef

• Chef 15.3+

Resources

• logrotate_app - Manages application-specific logrotate configurations
• logrotate_global - Manages the global logrotate configuration
• logrotate_package - Manages the logrotate package installation

Usage

Package Installation

By default, the cookbook will install the logrotate package:

logrotate_package 'logrotate'

Global Configuration

To manage the global logrotate configuration:

logrotate_global 'logrotate' do
  options %w(weekly dateext)
  parameters(
    'rotate' => 4,
    'create' => nil
  )
  paths(
    '/var/log/wtmp' => {
      'missingok' => true,
      'monthly' => true,
      'create' => '0664 root utmp',
      'rotate' => 1
    }
  )
end

Application-Specific Configuration

To create application-specific logrotate configs, use the logrotate_app resource:

logrotate_app 'tomcat-myapp' do
  path      '/var/log/tomcat/myapp.log'
  frequency 'daily'
  rotate    30
  create    '644 root adm'
  options   %w(missingok compress delaycompress copytruncate notifempty)
end

For multiple log files:

logrotate_app 'tomcat-myapp' do
  path      ['/var/log/tomcat/myapp.log', '/opt/local/tomcat/catalina.out']
  frequency 'daily'
  create    '644 root adm'
  rotate    7
end

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