Keeping web sites access logs

[flashweb]

Hi,

Web sites access logs are rotated everyday.

/usr/local/apache/domlogs

Is it possible for me to configure cpanel server so that Apache Logs are kept some days (example 10 days) then delete them ? This way if some sites got hacked, we can check old Apache log files.

Regards,

Yujin

 

[Manuel_accu]

Hi,

Check the logrotate configuration file located at:

/etc/logrotate.conf

and modify the time period to weekly.

Thanks!

 

[flashweb]

Nothing related http logs in

/etc/logrotate.conf or /etc/logrotate.d

It seems these are handled some other way in Cpanel Server.

 

[chirpy]

cPanel doesn't use logrotate to rotate the domlogs as you've discovered. They're rotated by the logrunner process which is controlled by the WHM > Tweak Settings:

Delete each domain's access logs after stats run
Keep log files at the end of the month (default is off as you can run out of disk space quickly)

That's about as much control as you have.

 

[flashweb]

I have already seen the option to keep log for a month. I don't want to keep all logs for a month. Is there any way i can keep log file for few days, say 5 days ?

 

[chirpy]

Nope, that's all there is.

 

[mambovince]

cPanel doesn't use logrotate to rotate the domlogs as you've discovered. They're rotated by the logrunner process which is controlled by the WHM > Tweak Settings:

Delete each domain's access logs after stats run
Keep log files at the end of the month (default is off as you can run out of disk space quickly)

What if client sets in their own cPanel "Raw Log Manager"
1. Archive Logs in your home directory at the end of each stats run [every 1 day(s)]

Does that over-ride whatever we set in WHM?

They can also set:
2. Remove the previous month's archived logs from your home directory at the end of each month

But we cannot seem to set this in WHM

- Vince

 

[mambovince]

Friendly bump for cPanel Guru's

- Vince

 

[ujr]

These should normally work fine except if dom logs are being removed after each run.

if you're having trouble with this, you can check out this script:
http://forums.cpanel.net/showthread.php?t=31552&highlight=Archive+Logs+in+your+home+directory

 

[mambovince]

TYhe question is not if rotation works or not, but how cPanel handles rotation.

See my previous post with reply from Chirpy, and my following question number 1

There seems to be a conflict.

Which setting 'wins' and how does this affect hosted clients expectations?

Hope that was clearer.

- Vince

 

[zonzo]

What if client sets in their own cPanel "Raw Log Manager"
1. Archive Logs in your home directory at the end of each stats run [every 1 day(s)]

Does that over-ride whatever we set in WHM?

They can also set:
2. Remove the previous month's archived logs from your home directory at the end of each month

But we cannot seem to set this in WHM

- Vince

Can somebody help me with this?
My logs are now increasing each month. I want to turn off "keep stats logs... " in WHM.
But I don't want that clients in Cpanel will not have archived logs.

Are those settings overriding each other or what?

In short: I want that client get a new log file each month & archived one for past month & I don't have too keep "Keep stats logs..." setting to ON in WHM.

Sorry my english.