Question regarding newsyslog.conf and Bind logs

[Anand Buddhdev]

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