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Luv33preet
Asked: 2017-08-16 22:09:57 +0800 CST

nginx log file changing automatically from *.log to *.log.1

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I am having issues in nginx log files.

Previously I only made logs to files, 

            access_log /var/log/nginx/infotrack_access.log rsyslog;

I added the following file to my /etc/nginx/sites-available/alpha.conf file,

                access_log syslog:server=localhost:514,tag=infotrack rsyslog;

After I added this line, I am having issues that instead of the file infotrack_access.log, the logs are being made in the file infotrack_access.log.1 .

Here is the /etc/logrotate.d/nginx file, 

/var/log/nginx/*.log {
    daily
    missingok
    rotate 14
    compress
    delaycompress
    notifempty
    create 0640 www-data adm
    sharedscripts
    prerotate
            if [ -d /etc/logrotate.d/httpd-prerotate ]; then \
                    run-parts /etc/logrotate.d/httpd-prerotate; \
            fi \
    endscript
    postrotate
            invoke-rc.d nginx rotate >/dev/null 2>&1
    endscript
}

When I reload or restart nginx, then for a moment the logs are made to innfotrack_access.log, but after a moment, the logs again go to infotrack_access.log.1

Why is this happening ? I have made no changes in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf file.

How I can solve it ?

nginx

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Run logroate in debug and force mode. logrotate --force -d /etc/logrotate.d/nginx. This will show the error messages in detail. Also check the owners of the log folder.

    It might be related to this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nginx/+bug/1450770

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  2. Got the answer in the bug link posted by Tux_DEV_NULL.

    Looks like nginx faces some problems post rotation.

    So, I needed to make some changes to postrotate section,

     postrotate
        #invoke-rc.d nginx rotate >/dev/null 2>&1
        start-stop-daemon --stop --signal USR1 --quiet --pidfile /run/nginx.pid --name nginx
 endscript

    OR for some, this also works, 

     postrotate
     #invoke-rc.d nginx rotate >/dev/null 2>&1
     nginx -s reload
 endscript
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