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amintej
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May 12, 2017

Rotate custom logs

Hello,

 

We have an external monitor configured for writing logs in the next file /var/log/cwi.log We realized this log is not rotating but /var/log/ltm or /var/log/audit are rotating. Do you know what we need for rotating custom logs? Thank you

 

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  • Leonardo_Souza3's avatar
    Leonardo_Souza3
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    May 12, 2017

    In theory, all files in /var/log are rotated.

    From /etc/cron.daily/logrotate in 12.0.0:

           logrotate enhance
       - remove log files according to the time stamp
       - call logrotate to rotate log files.
       - assume log files reside in /var/log

    Maybe the file is too small to require rotation.

    You can view and change the logrotate settings with this command:

    tmsh
edit sys log-rotate all-properties

    This solution also provides some information about this topic:

    https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K13367