topic Apache2 Log Rotation not working in Operating System - HP-UX

Apache2 Log Rotation not working

Leon A. Howorth — Fri, 22 Aug 2003 18:29:24 GMT

I am running Apache 2.0.45 on HP-UX 11.11.
I am trying to implement log rotation with the
following directives (disregard line wrapping):
ErrorLog "|/opt/hpws/apache/bin/rotatelogs logs/error_log 86400"
CustomLog "|/opt/hpws/apache/bin/rotatelogs logs/access_log 86400" common

The web server starts but no logs are created. If I use the simpler:
ErrorLog logs/error_log
CustomLog logs/access_log common
then logs are created as expected. How can I get log rotation to work and actually create logs?

Re: Apache2 Log Rotation not working

Steven E. Protter — Fri, 22 Aug 2003 18:52:17 GMT

Tried to post didn't work due to trouble at this end....

I rotate logs with a cron script. The general flow is thus:

mv access_log /home/logs
mv error_log /home/logs

touch access_log
touch error_log

repeat for all sub-sites/virtual hosts

# restart httpd server
# for hp that is as follows:
/sbin/init.d/hpapache2 stop
/sbin/init.d/hpapache2 start

SEP

Re: Apache2 Log Rotation not working

Dan Wick — Wed, 08 Sep 2004 11:29:34 GMT

Try enable just the access log rotation, using standard error logging & see what shows up in the error_log.

Re: Apache2 Log Rotation not working

CSS2, IHL Dresden — Wed, 08 Sep 2004 13:12:48 GMT

rotatelogs requires a full path of logfiles:

ErrorLog "|/opt/hpws/apache/bin/rotatelogs /opt/hpws/apache/logs/error_log 86400" should properly rotate your logs.

fish