Question regarding newsyslog.conf and Bind logs
J Doe
general at nativemethods.com
Thu Aug 25 20:30:55 UTC 2022
On 2022-08-25 04:52, Anand Buddhdev wrote:
> On 25/08/2022 05:23, J Doe wrote:
>
> Hello J Doe,
>
>> I was wondering if anyone could provide feedback on whether the
>> following: newsyslog.conf file is correct to allow for daily log
>> rotation for my Bind 9.16.30 logs ?
>>
>> My currently logging settings in: named.conf are:
>>
>> ...
>> logging {
>> channel chn_file_queries {
>> buffered no;
>> file "/var/queries.log"
>> versions 2 size 1g suffix increment;
>
> This configuration makes BIND rotate the file by itself, when it grows
> bigger than 1 GB. You do NOT need any external tool like newsyslog to do
> log file rotation.
>
> Regards,
> Anand
Hi Anand,
Yes, I am aware that the logging stanza I listed for the query log will
do the rotation when the log reaches 1 GB and then it will rotate it and
store two logs in total.
What I would like to introduce is rotation based on time. So after 24
hours, newsyslog would compress and rotate the logs and keep them for 7
days before removing the oldest. That way I always have a week's worth
of query data in separate logs by day.
Was my newsyslog.conf file correct for that ?
Thanks,
- J
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