From 0c4b8385d16d32fcf1cd0ef19e0f0edc8a4c312e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lloyd Hilaiel <lloyd@hilaiel.com> Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:34:26 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] document how to set up log rotation in DEPLOYMENT.md. issue #119 --- DEPLOYMENT.md | 17 ++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/DEPLOYMENT.md b/DEPLOYMENT.md index c9b9a07ad..07fe7cb6e 100644 --- a/DEPLOYMENT.md +++ b/DEPLOYMENT.md @@ -277,7 +277,22 @@ server { } </pre> - 5. restart your webserver and you're all done: `sudo /etc/init.d/nginx restart + 5. restart your webserver: `sudo /etc/init.d/nginx restart + +### 6. set up log rotation + +create a file as root at `/etc/logrotate.d/browserid`: + + /home/browserid/var/log/browserid.log /home/browserid/var/log/browserid-metrics.json /home/browserid/var/log/verifier.log /home/browserid/var/log/verifier-metrics.json { + daily + rotate 30 + copytruncate + dateext + compress + dateformat -%Y-%m-%d + } + +Now your logfiles will be automatically rotated. easy, right? -- GitLab