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Trent Scott
Asked: 2012-01-09 10:43:20 +0800 CST

Best Way to Keep Up on Linux Log Files

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I run multiple Linux (Ubuntu) web servers and am looking for a convenient way to keep tabs on important log files. I'd like to monitor pertinent LAMP logs as well as server accesses/logins.

Are there any convenient tools/utilities that will (a) rotate log files, (b) compress them, and (c) email or archive them for later viewing?

log-files monitoring logrotate

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  1. Best Answer

    Logrotate will do everything you list above and more e.g.

    "/var/log/httpd/access.log" /var/log/httpd/error.log {
    compress
    rotate 5
    mail [email protected]
    size 1M
    sharedscripts
    postrotate
        /usr/bin/killall -HUP httpd
    endscript
}

    Would mail you the logs that are about to be deleted etc

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  2. How about something like Splunk? I collect 10gb of data per day with it..... :)

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