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-====== Log Rotate ======
-**General Information**
-  * The package "logrotate" is installed by default on most linux distros.
-  * Logrotate is executed via a daily cron job: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate
-**Checklist**
-  * Distro: Enterprise Linux 6
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-===== Force Rotation =====
-Forcing a log rotation can be useful after implementing a new rotation file (in /etc/logrotate.d) or to test after making changes.
-  * To force a logrotate using a specific config file
-    * <code bash>/usr/sbin/logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/myapp</code>
-  * To force a logrotate of ALL log files
-    * <code bash>/usr/sbin/logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.conf</code>
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-===== /etc/logrotate.conf =====
-/etc/logrotate.conf is left alone in its default installed state.
-Ensure that /etc/logrotate.d is included (it is by default):
-<code bash>
-include /etc/logrotate.d
-</code>
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-===== /etc/logrotate.d/ =====
-All additional log configuration files go in: /etc/logrotate.d/
-Example Log Config
-<code bash>
-## Application Logs ##
-/opt/myapp/logs/logs.txt {
-  #Rotate monthly
-  monthly
-  #Keep 12 old log files, delete older
-  rotate 12
-  #Copy current log to rotated, then truncate in place
-  copytruncate
-  #Give rotated log file a date extension YYYYMMDD
-  dateext
-  #Compress old log files with gzip
-  compress
-}
-</code>
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