Re: [Users] VSDM´s logrotate makes Hosts fill up var eventually

On Thu, Jan 09, 2014 at 05:01:12PM +0000, Karli Sjöberg wrote: > > > > > > And the rotate policy says: > > > /etc/logrotate.d/libvirtd > > > ## beginning of configuration section by vdsm > > > /var/log/libvirt/libvirtd.log { > > > rotate 100 > > > missingok > > > copytruncate > > > size 15M > > > compress > > > compresscmd /usr/bin/xz > > > uncompresscmd /usr/bin/unxz > > > compressext .xz > > > } > > > > > > Now, I just handled it by changing "100" to "1000" but I think that a > > I do not understand this issue, Karli. After 100 log files have been > created, the oldest one should have been removed and replaced by the > newest one. logrotate is expected to be called every 15 minutes, so it > should not have stayed above 15M for so long. Do you see any error when > running `/usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.d/libvirtd` as root? > > What the funk, it doesn´t do anything, complains nothing like it´s done what it´s supposed to, and no errors in "/var/log/messages" either... > > Oh, and here´s the output: > # du -h /var/log/libvirtd.log > 1.1G /var/log/libvirtd.log > # /usr/sbin/logrotate -d -v /etc/logrotate.d/libvirtd > reading config file /etc/logrotate.d/libvirtd > reading config info for /var/log/libvirt/libvirtd.log > compress_prog is now /usr/bin/xz > uncompress_prog is now /usr/bin/unxz > compress_ext is now .xz > > Handling 1 logs > > rotating pattern: /var/log/libvirt/libvirtd.log 15728640 bytes (1000 rotations) > empty log files are rotated, old logs are removed > considering log /var/log/libvirt/libvirtd.log > log does not need rotating > > Really, are you sure about that? > > /K I really do not know what to say - it seems like an awkward logrotate bug. Maybe if you play with arguments a bit (avoid compression? change size?) it could be convinced to work. Otherwise it sounds like gdb time...