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Re: Issue with growing log files

Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2020 5:24 pm
by ssax
Please change the top one to this:

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/usr/local/nagiosxi/var/*log {
    missingok
    notifempty
    size 5M
    rotate 1
    compress
    su nagios nagios
}
Then watch the logs on the next run to see if it resolves it.

Re: Issue with growing log files

Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2020 11:26 am
by dshearon
I added "Su root nagios" to the file in question and reran the service, the output is below.


[root@cltisvcorpmon01 var]# logrotate -d /etc/logrotate.d/nagiosxi
reading config file /etc/logrotate.d/nagiosxi
Allocating hash table for state file, size 15360 B

Handling 3 logs

rotating pattern: /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/*log 5242880 bytes (1 rotations)
empty log files are not rotated, old logs are removed
switching euid to 0 and egid to 1000
considering log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cleaner.log
log needs rotating
considering log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cmdsubsys.log
log needs rotating
considering log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/dbmaint.log
log needs rotating
considering log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/deadpool.log
log needs rotating
considering log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/event_handler.log
log needs rotating
considering log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/eventman.log
log needs rotating
considering log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/feedproc.log
log needs rotating
considering log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/load_url.log
log does not need rotating (log size is below the 'size' threshold)
considering log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/nom.log
log needs rotating
considering log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/perfdataproc.log
log needs rotating
considering log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/recurringdowntime.log
log needs rotating
considering log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/reportengine.log
log needs rotating
considering log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/scheduledreporting.log
log does not need rotating (log size is below the 'size' threshold)
considering log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/sysstat.log
log needs rotating
rotating log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cleaner.log, log->rotateCount is 1
dateext suffix '-20200804'
glob pattern '-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]'
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cleaner.log.1.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cleaner.log.2.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 1),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cleaner.log.0.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cleaner.log.1.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 0),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cleaner.log to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cleaner.log.1
compressing log with: /bin/gzip
removing old log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cleaner.log.2.gz
error: error opening /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cleaner.log.2.gz: No such file or directory
rotating log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cmdsubsys.log, log->rotateCount is 1
dateext suffix '-20200804'
glob pattern '-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]'
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cmdsubsys.log.1.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cmdsubsys.log.2.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 1),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cmdsubsys.log.0.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cmdsubsys.log.1.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 0),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cmdsubsys.log to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cmdsubsys.log.1
compressing log with: /bin/gzip
removing old log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cmdsubsys.log.2.gz
error: error opening /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cmdsubsys.log.2.gz: No such file or directory
rotating log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/dbmaint.log, log->rotateCount is 1
dateext suffix '-20200804'
glob pattern '-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]'
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/dbmaint.log.1.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/dbmaint.log.2.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 1),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/dbmaint.log.0.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/dbmaint.log.1.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 0),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/dbmaint.log to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/dbmaint.log.1
compressing log with: /bin/gzip
removing old log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/dbmaint.log.2.gz
error: error opening /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/dbmaint.log.2.gz: No such file or directory
rotating log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/deadpool.log, log->rotateCount is 1
dateext suffix '-20200804'
glob pattern '-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]'
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/deadpool.log.1.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/deadpool.log.2.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 1),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/deadpool.log.0.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/deadpool.log.1.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 0),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/deadpool.log to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/deadpool.log.1
compressing log with: /bin/gzip
removing old log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/deadpool.log.2.gz
error: error opening /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/deadpool.log.2.gz: No such file or directory
rotating log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/event_handler.log, log->rotateCount is 1
dateext suffix '-20200804'
glob pattern '-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]'
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/event_handler.log.1.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/event_handler.log.2.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 1),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/event_handler.log.0.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/event_handler.log.1.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 0),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/event_handler.log to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/event_handler.log.1
compressing log with: /bin/gzip
removing old log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/event_handler.log.2.gz
error: error opening /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/event_handler.log.2.gz: No such file or directory
rotating log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/eventman.log, log->rotateCount is 1
dateext suffix '-20200804'
glob pattern '-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]'
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/eventman.log.1.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/eventman.log.2.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 1),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/eventman.log.0.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/eventman.log.1.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 0),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/eventman.log to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/eventman.log.1
compressing log with: /bin/gzip
removing old log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/eventman.log.2.gz
error: error opening /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/eventman.log.2.gz: No such file or directory
rotating log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/feedproc.log, log->rotateCount is 1
dateext suffix '-20200804'
glob pattern '-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]'
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/feedproc.log.1.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/feedproc.log.2.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 1),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/feedproc.log.0.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/feedproc.log.1.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 0),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/feedproc.log to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/feedproc.log.1
compressing log with: /bin/gzip
removing old log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/feedproc.log.2.gz
error: error opening /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/feedproc.log.2.gz: No such file or directory
rotating log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/nom.log, log->rotateCount is 1
dateext suffix '-20200804'
glob pattern '-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]'
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/nom.log.1.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/nom.log.2.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 1),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/nom.log.0.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/nom.log.1.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 0),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/nom.log to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/nom.log.1
compressing log with: /bin/gzip
removing old log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/nom.log.2.gz
error: error opening /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/nom.log.2.gz: No such file or directory
rotating log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/perfdataproc.log, log->rotateCount is 1
dateext suffix '-20200804'
glob pattern '-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]'
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/perfdataproc.log.1.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/perfdataproc.log.2.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 1),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/perfdataproc.log.0.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/perfdataproc.log.1.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 0),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/perfdataproc.log to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/perfdataproc.log.1
compressing log with: /bin/gzip
removing old log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/perfdataproc.log.2.gz
error: error opening /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/perfdataproc.log.2.gz: No such file or directory
rotating log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/recurringdowntime.log, log->rotateCount is 1
dateext suffix '-20200804'
glob pattern '-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]'
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/recurringdowntime.log.1.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/recurringdowntime.log.2.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 1),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/recurringdowntime.log.0.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/recurringdowntime.log.1.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 0),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/recurringdowntime.log to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/recurringdowntime.log.1
compressing log with: /bin/gzip
removing old log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/recurringdowntime.log.2.gz
error: error opening /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/recurringdowntime.log.2.gz: No such file or directory
rotating log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/reportengine.log, log->rotateCount is 1
dateext suffix '-20200804'
glob pattern '-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]'
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/reportengine.log.1.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/reportengine.log.2.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 1),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/reportengine.log.0.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/reportengine.log.1.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 0),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/reportengine.log to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/reportengine.log.1
compressing log with: /bin/gzip
removing old log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/reportengine.log.2.gz
error: error opening /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/reportengine.log.2.gz: No such file or directory
rotating log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/sysstat.log, log->rotateCount is 1
dateext suffix '-20200804'
glob pattern '-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]'
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/sysstat.log.1.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/sysstat.log.2.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 1),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/sysstat.log.0.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/sysstat.log.1.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 0),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/sysstat.log to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/sysstat.log.1
compressing log with: /bin/gzip
removing old log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/sysstat.log.2.gz
error: error opening /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/sysstat.log.2.gz: No such file or directory
switching euid to 0 and egid to 0

rotating pattern: /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/xidebug.log 104857600 bytes (1 rotations)
empty log files are not rotated, old logs are removed
switching euid to 0 and egid to 1000
considering log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/xidebug.log
log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/xidebug.log does not exist -- skipping
switching euid to 0 and egid to 0

rotating pattern: /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/xidebug.log.backtrace 104857600 bytes (1 rotations)
empty log files are not rotated, old logs are removed
switching euid to 0 and egid to 1000
considering log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/xidebug.log.backtrace
log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/xidebug.log.backtrace does not exist -- skipping
switching euid to 0 and egid to 0

Re: Issue with growing log files

Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2020 11:34 am
by dshearon
Here is the output while using "su nagios nagios" appears to the same as "su root nagios"



[root@cltisvcorpmon01 var]# logrotate -d /etc/logrotate.d/nagiosxi
reading config file /etc/logrotate.d/nagiosxi
Allocating hash table for state file, size 15360 B

Handling 3 logs

rotating pattern: /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/*log 5242880 bytes (1 rotations)
empty log files are not rotated, old logs are removed
switching euid to 1000 and egid to 1000
considering log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cleaner.log
log needs rotating
considering log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cmdsubsys.log
log needs rotating
considering log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/dbmaint.log
log needs rotating
considering log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/deadpool.log
log needs rotating
considering log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/event_handler.log
log needs rotating
considering log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/eventman.log
log needs rotating
considering log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/feedproc.log
log needs rotating
considering log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/load_url.log
log does not need rotating (log size is below the 'size' threshold)
considering log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/nom.log
log needs rotating
considering log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/perfdataproc.log
log needs rotating
considering log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/recurringdowntime.log
log needs rotating
considering log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/reportengine.log
log needs rotating
considering log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/scheduledreporting.log
log does not need rotating (log size is below the 'size' threshold)
considering log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/sysstat.log
log needs rotating
rotating log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cleaner.log, log->rotateCount is 1
dateext suffix '-20200804'
glob pattern '-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]'
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cleaner.log.1.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cleaner.log.2.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 1),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cleaner.log.0.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cleaner.log.1.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 0),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cleaner.log to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cleaner.log.1
compressing log with: /bin/gzip
removing old log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cleaner.log.2.gz
error: error opening /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cleaner.log.2.gz: No such file or directory
rotating log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cmdsubsys.log, log->rotateCount is 1
dateext suffix '-20200804'
glob pattern '-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]'
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cmdsubsys.log.1.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cmdsubsys.log.2.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 1),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cmdsubsys.log.0.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cmdsubsys.log.1.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 0),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cmdsubsys.log to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cmdsubsys.log.1
compressing log with: /bin/gzip
removing old log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cmdsubsys.log.2.gz
error: error opening /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cmdsubsys.log.2.gz: No such file or directory
rotating log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/dbmaint.log, log->rotateCount is 1
dateext suffix '-20200804'
glob pattern '-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]'
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/dbmaint.log.1.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/dbmaint.log.2.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 1),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/dbmaint.log.0.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/dbmaint.log.1.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 0),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/dbmaint.log to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/dbmaint.log.1
compressing log with: /bin/gzip
removing old log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/dbmaint.log.2.gz
error: error opening /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/dbmaint.log.2.gz: No such file or directory
rotating log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/deadpool.log, log->rotateCount is 1
dateext suffix '-20200804'
glob pattern '-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]'
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/deadpool.log.1.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/deadpool.log.2.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 1),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/deadpool.log.0.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/deadpool.log.1.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 0),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/deadpool.log to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/deadpool.log.1
compressing log with: /bin/gzip
removing old log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/deadpool.log.2.gz
error: error opening /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/deadpool.log.2.gz: No such file or directory
rotating log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/event_handler.log, log->rotateCount is 1
dateext suffix '-20200804'
glob pattern '-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]'
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/event_handler.log.1.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/event_handler.log.2.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 1),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/event_handler.log.0.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/event_handler.log.1.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 0),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/event_handler.log to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/event_handler.log.1
compressing log with: /bin/gzip
removing old log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/event_handler.log.2.gz
error: error opening /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/event_handler.log.2.gz: No such file or directory
rotating log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/eventman.log, log->rotateCount is 1
dateext suffix '-20200804'
glob pattern '-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]'
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/eventman.log.1.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/eventman.log.2.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 1),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/eventman.log.0.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/eventman.log.1.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 0),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/eventman.log to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/eventman.log.1
compressing log with: /bin/gzip
removing old log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/eventman.log.2.gz
error: error opening /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/eventman.log.2.gz: No such file or directory
rotating log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/feedproc.log, log->rotateCount is 1
dateext suffix '-20200804'
glob pattern '-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]'
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/feedproc.log.1.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/feedproc.log.2.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 1),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/feedproc.log.0.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/feedproc.log.1.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 0),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/feedproc.log to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/feedproc.log.1
compressing log with: /bin/gzip
removing old log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/feedproc.log.2.gz
error: error opening /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/feedproc.log.2.gz: No such file or directory
rotating log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/nom.log, log->rotateCount is 1
dateext suffix '-20200804'
glob pattern '-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]'
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/nom.log.1.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/nom.log.2.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 1),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/nom.log.0.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/nom.log.1.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 0),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/nom.log to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/nom.log.1
compressing log with: /bin/gzip
removing old log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/nom.log.2.gz
error: error opening /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/nom.log.2.gz: No such file or directory
rotating log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/perfdataproc.log, log->rotateCount is 1
dateext suffix '-20200804'
glob pattern '-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]'
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/perfdataproc.log.1.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/perfdataproc.log.2.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 1),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/perfdataproc.log.0.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/perfdataproc.log.1.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 0),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/perfdataproc.log to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/perfdataproc.log.1
compressing log with: /bin/gzip
removing old log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/perfdataproc.log.2.gz
error: error opening /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/perfdataproc.log.2.gz: No such file or directory
rotating log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/recurringdowntime.log, log->rotateCount is 1
dateext suffix '-20200804'
glob pattern '-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]'
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/recurringdowntime.log.1.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/recurringdowntime.log.2.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 1),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/recurringdowntime.log.0.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/recurringdowntime.log.1.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 0),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/recurringdowntime.log to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/recurringdowntime.log.1
compressing log with: /bin/gzip
removing old log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/recurringdowntime.log.2.gz
error: error opening /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/recurringdowntime.log.2.gz: No such file or directory
rotating log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/reportengine.log, log->rotateCount is 1
dateext suffix '-20200804'
glob pattern '-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]'
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/reportengine.log.1.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/reportengine.log.2.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 1),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/reportengine.log.0.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/reportengine.log.1.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 0),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/reportengine.log to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/reportengine.log.1
compressing log with: /bin/gzip
removing old log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/reportengine.log.2.gz
error: error opening /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/reportengine.log.2.gz: No such file or directory
rotating log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/sysstat.log, log->rotateCount is 1
dateext suffix '-20200804'
glob pattern '-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]'
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/sysstat.log.1.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/sysstat.log.2.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 1),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/sysstat.log.0.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/sysstat.log.1.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 0),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/sysstat.log to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/sysstat.log.1
compressing log with: /bin/gzip
removing old log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/sysstat.log.2.gz
error: error opening /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/sysstat.log.2.gz: No such file or directory
switching euid to 0 and egid to 0

rotating pattern: /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/xidebug.log 104857600 bytes (1 rotations)
empty log files are not rotated, old logs are removed
switching euid to 1000 and egid to 1000
considering log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/xidebug.log
log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/xidebug.log does not exist -- skipping
switching euid to 0 and egid to 0

rotating pattern: /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/xidebug.log.backtrace 104857600 bytes (1 rotations)
empty log files are not rotated, old logs are removed
switching euid to 1000 and egid to 1000
considering log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/xidebug.log.backtrace
log /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/xidebug.log.backtrace does not exist -- skipping
switching euid to 0 and egid to 0
[root@cltisvcorpmon01 var]#

Re: Issue with growing log files

Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2020 1:52 pm
by benjaminsmith
Hi,

The default is su nagios nagios. It does look like it is working much better. Have you noticed any reduction in the disk space required by the logs. Also, check the cron log to make sure logrotate is running on a scheduled basis.e

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renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cleaner.log.1.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cleaner.log.2.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 1),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cleaner.log.0.gz to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cleaner.log.1.gz (rotatecount 1, logstart 1, i 0),
renaming /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cleaner.log to /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cleaner.log.1
compressing log with: /bin/gzip

Re: Issue with growing log files

Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2020 6:49 am
by dshearon
I think we are good to go, it took it the better part of a day to fully clear the files out since they were so large but everything appears to be working. I will keep an eye on it to make sure it runs automatically. Thank you to everyone for the help!

Re: Issue with growing log files

Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2020 8:29 am
by scottwilkerson
dshearon wrote:I think we are good to go, it took it the better part of a day to fully clear the files out since they were so large but everything appears to be working. I will keep an eye on it to make sure it runs automatically. Thank you to everyone for the help!
Great!

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