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cloudappliance/logrollerconfiguration [2019_12_05 14:07] dancloudappliance/logrollerconfiguration [2019_12_23 14:09] dan
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 ==== Logroller Configuration ==== ==== Logroller Configuration ====
-== last updated on Dec. 5, 2019 ==+== last updated on Dec. 23, 2019 ==
  
 The File Fabric uses a utility called logroller to rotate many of the logs that it produces.  Because each web server node in a File Fabric installation produces its own logs and writes them locally, logroller should run on every node.  A cron job running in the account of the Linux user smestorage runs logroller once each day. The File Fabric uses a utility called logroller to rotate many of the logs that it produces.  Because each web server node in a File Fabric installation produces its own logs and writes them locally, logroller should run on every node.  A cron job running in the account of the Linux user smestorage runs logroller once each day.
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 ''/var/www/smestorage/cron/log.txt'' ''/var/www/smestorage/cron/log.txt''
  
-The value assigned to filename on the second line is the name that the file when be given when it has been rotated out of its original location and into an archive directory.  Logroller allows files to be renamed to prevent overwrites if to or more programs produce log files with the same name.  In our example log.txt will be renamed to cronlogs.txt when it is moved to the archive area by logroller.+The value assigned to filename on the second line is the name that the file when be given when it has been rotated out of its original location and into an archive directory.  Logroller allows files to be renamed to prevent overwrites if two or more programs produce log files with the same name.  In our example log.txt will be renamed to cronlogs.txt when it is moved to the archive area by logroller.