Log Rotate Doesn't Rotate

[Ed_Greenberg]

I have a Plesk 12 installation that is not rotating logs.

What I've done
* Turned on Log rotation for the proper domain. I set it to rotate daily, so there was no issue regarding file size.

* Checked for a correct file in /usr/local/psa/etc/logrotate.d

* Ran /usr/local/psa/bin/sw-engine-pleskrun /usr/local/psa/admin/plib/DailyMaintainance/script.php as root from the command line.

Any further suggestions?

Thanks,

Ed Greenberg

 

[IgorG]

Try to enable debug mode as it is described here http://kb.odin.com/en/120101 and find more details.

 

[modronmarch]

Hello Ed,

Welcome to the forums. Another possible diagnostic step you can take is to run the logrotate utility manually for a single domain. I would recommend setting the log rotation condition to "By size", as it is less ambiguous than "By time". Set the threshold really low (say, 4 KB), generate some hits to ensure that the access_log file exceeds the value you set, then run the following commands:

/usr/local/psa/admin/sbin/statistics --calculate-one --domain-name=<your_domain_name_here>

See if it does the trick. The expected result is that a) the contents of the access_log would be merged into the access_log.processed file and b) the access_log.processed file would be rotated as per the log rotation settings. If the former happens, but not the latter, try the following command:

/usr/local/psa/logrotate/sbin/logrotate /usr/local/psa/etc/logrotate.d/<your_domain_name_here>

This one is supposed to rotate the access_log.processed file. If it does not despite the file meeting the log rotation criterion (as set in /usr/local/psa/etc/logrotate.d/<your_domain_name_here>), most likely something is up with the logrotate utility. Check that the permissions on the log files are correct (root:root, 644 for all files except the *.webstat ones), maybe reinstall the psa-logrotate, the usual stuff.

Anyway, these steps should help you narrow the problem down and hopefully find a solution. Once you've figured it out, it would be mighty kind of you to share the root cause and the fix so that other users may benefit from your wisdom )