SevOne SDN Collector Set Log Rotation
This topic provides the guideline on how to set log rotation.
To set log rotation, execute the following steps.
- Using ssh, log in as support to SevOne NMS appliance you are linking SDN
Controller
with.
$ ssh support@<SevOne NMS appliance IP address>
Important: The commands below must be run from the host as root. - Create file /etc/logrotate.d/SDN.
$ touch /etc/logrotate.d/SDN
- Using a text editor of your choice, add the following to /etc/logrotate.d/SDN file and
then, save it.
/var/log/<site name provided when adding SDN device>/<v7.0.x>/*/*.log { daily missingok maxage 30 rotate 30 copytruncate compress delaycompress notifempty }
- Execute the following commands to provide read / write access to logrotate.
$ sudo chown -R root:root /var/log/<site name provided when adding SDN device>/<v7.0.x>/ $ sudo chmod -R 755 /var/log/<site name provided when adding SDN device>/<v7.0.x>/ $ sudo find /var/log/<site name provided when adding SDN device>/<v7.0.x>/ -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \; $ sudo restorecon -Rv /var/log/<site name provided when adding SDN device>/<v7.0.x>/ $ sudo restorecon -Rv /var/lib/logrotate/ $ sudo touch /var/lib/logrotate/logrotate.status $ sudo chown root:root /var/lib/logrotate/logrotate.status $ sudo chmod 644 /var/lib/logrotate/logrotate.status