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

[Dan Kenigsberg]

On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 12:45:09PM +0000, Karli Sjöberg wrote:
> > > 
> > > 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...
> > 
> 
> Ah man, now I see it, it´s not rotating the right file, look:
> # grep libvirtd /etc/logrotate.d/libvirtd
> /var/log/libvirt/libvirtd.log {
> # grep libvirtd.log /etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf 
> log_outputs="1:file:/var/log/libvirtd.log"
> 
> Bug?

Oh, I've missed that, too.
We've changed that back in http://gerrit.ovirt.org/14842
and it should have been replaced during upgrade to ovirt-3.3. Could you
share your complete /etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf?

(calling in Yaniv and Douglas, who may be more helpful than me about it)