ansible-logrotate

logrotate - rotates, compresses, and mails system logs

Tunables

• logrotate_name (string) - Name for logrotate script
• logrotate_log_path (string) - Path for log to rotate
• logrotate_create_logs_with_mode (string) - mode to create empty logfile with
• logrotate_create_logs_with_owner (string) - owner for new logfile after rotation
• logrotate_create_logs_with_group (string) - group for new logfile after rotation
• logrotate_ignore_empty_logs (string) - Do not rotate logs if they are empty
• logrotate_ignore_missing_logs (string) - Do not complain if logs are missing
• logrotate_compression (string) - Compress logs after rotation?
• logrotate_postpone_compression (string) - Compress logs the day after rotation?
• logrotate_frequency (string) - How often to rotate logs?
• logrotate_retention_limit (integer) - How many old logs to retain?
• logrotate_notify_pidfile (string) - Pidfile of process to signal when rotation is complete
• logrotate_notify_signal (string) - Signal to send when to process when rotation is complete
• logrotate_prerotate_commands (list) - Commands to execute prior to rotation
• logrotate_postrotate_commands (list) - Commands to execute after rotation

Dependencies

• None

Example Playbook

- hosts: servers
  roles:
     - role: telusdigital.logrotate
       logrotate_name: nginx

Contributors

• Aaron Pederson | e-mail | Twitter
• Chris Olstrom | e-mail | Twitter
• Nikki