[SOLVED] How to let logrotate handle PBS log?

[Ovidiu]

The log directory seems to be getting out of hand so I was wondering if anyone could share his logrotate config?

/var/log# du -cksh proxmox-backup/*
20M     proxmox-backup/api
7.0M    proxmox-backup/tasks
27M     total

 

[oguz]

hi,

api access logs should be rotated already.

you can uncomment the compress option in /etc/logrotate.conf or change the rotation period from weekly to daily

you can also add a cronjob like this:

find /var/log/proxmox/backup -mtime +10 -type f -print -exec rm {} +

to delete files older than 10 days (change +10 to +n for n days)

hope this helps!

 

[Ovidiu]

that does not seem to be the case - this is a Debian 10 system with a manually installed PBS (not via the .iso) => https://pbs.proxmox.com/docs/installation.html#install-proxmox-backup-server-on-debian

cat /var/lib/logrotate/status
logrotate state -- version 2
"/var/log/syslog" 2021-4-14-0:0:21
"/var/log/dpkg.log" 2021-4-1-0:42:24
"/var/log/auth.log" 2021-4-11-0:0:21
"/var/log/apt/term.log" 2021-4-1-0:42:24
"/var/log/apt/history.log" 2021-4-1-0:42:24
"/var/log/netdata/error.log" 2021-4-14-0:0:21
"/var/log/alternatives.log" 2021-4-13-0:0:21
"/var/log/mail.log" 2021-4-11-0:0:21
"/var/log/debug" 2021-4-11-0:0:21
"/var/log/kern.log" 2021-4-11-0:0:21
"/var/log/ufw.log" 2021-4-11-0:0:21
"/var/log/daemon.log" 2021-4-11-0:0:21
"/var/log/wtmp" 2021-1-17-0:0:0
"/var/log/mail.warn" 2021-4-11-0:0:21
"/var/log/netdata/access.log" 2021-4-14-0:0:21
"/var/log/btmp" 2021-4-1-0:42:24
"/var/log/mail.err" 2021-1-17-0:0:0
"/var/log/lpr.log" 2021-1-17-0:0:0
"/var/log/user.log" 2021-4-13-0:0:21
"/var/log/netdata/debug.log" 2021-4-13-0:0:0
"/var/log/mail.info" 2021-4-11-0:0:21
"/var/log/cron.log" 2021-1-17-0:0:0
"/var/log/messages" 2021-4-11-0:0:21

 

[oguz]

hi,

api logfiles are rotated automatically by backup server.

but if you want, you can make a new file in /etc/logrotate.d/proxmox:

/var/log/proxmox-backup/api/*.log {
    rotate 4
    weekly
    compress
    missingok
    notifempty
}

 

[Ovidiu]

ah, I see, that seems to be the case, thanks for pointing it out. I guess eventually the old ones will be deleted. I was just wondering since auth.log seems to go back till the 3rd of February

ls -al /var/log/proxmox-backup/api/
total 20205
drwxr-xr-x 2 backup backup       18 Apr 12 00:00 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 backup backup        4 Jan 16 16:33 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 backup backup 22348558 Apr 14 14:15 access.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 backup backup 36056787 Apr 11 23:59 access.log.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 backup backup  1025986 Mar  6 00:00 access.log.10.zst
-rw-r--r-- 1 backup backup   836412 Mar  4 00:00 access.log.11.zst
-rw-r--r-- 1 backup backup   893927 Feb 28 00:00 access.log.12.zst
-rw-r--r-- 1 backup backup  1115582 Feb 26 00:00 access.log.13.zst
-rw-r--r-- 1 backup backup   787840 Apr 12 00:00 access.log.2.zst
-rw-r--r-- 1 backup backup   849597 Apr  6 00:00 access.log.3.zst
-rw-r--r-- 1 backup backup   944525 Apr  1 00:44 access.log.4.zst
-rw-r--r-- 1 backup backup   647190 Mar 30 00:00 access.log.5.zst
-rw-r--r-- 1 backup backup  1061852 Mar 22 00:00 access.log.6.zst
-rw-r--r-- 1 backup backup   756971 Mar 18 00:00 access.log.7.zst
-rw-r--r-- 1 backup backup   837908 Mar 14 00:00 access.log.8.zst
-rw-r--r-- 1 backup backup   832249 Mar  8 00:00 access.log.9.zst
-rw-r--r-- 1 backup backup 31381460 Apr 14 13:04 auth.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 backup backup 34448781 Feb  2 23:59 auth.log.1

 

[M.D. Klapwijk]

hi,

api logfiles are rotated automatically by backup server.

but if you want, you can make a new file in /etc/logrotate.d/proxmox:

/var/log/proxmox-backup/api/*.log {
    rotate 4
    weekly
    compress
    missingok
    notifempty
}

But where does one stop the original rotation from happening?