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Rotating Logs ec_rotate

Rotating Logs ec_rotate

Last updated May 2024

Momentum provides a utility script ec_rotate that you can use to rotate and compress logs that Momentum writes. It is recommended that you run this script daily from your system's crontab (/etc/cron.d/msys-ecelerity-core).

To invoke ec_rotate, execute ec_rotate as the root user. By default, this command will rotate the files specified in the ec_rotate.conf file, compress them using bzip, and keep seven days of logs on disk. For details about this script, including options to change its behavior, see ec_rotate. For the default configuration, see “ec_rotate.conf File”.

The following logfiles are not rotated by ec_rotate:

  • /var/log/msys-nodejs/*.log

  • /var/log/msys-nginx/*.log

  • /var/log/msys-rabbitmq/*

  • /opt/vertica/log/*.log

  • /opt/vertica/log/**/*.log

  • /var/db/vertica/msys/*_catalog/vertica.log

Set up log rotation for these logfiles using a tool of your choice.

ec_rotate.conf File

The ec_rotate.conf file is the configuration file for the utility script ec_rotate. You do not need to edit this file unless you wish to change the default values.

A sample ec_rotate.conf file is found in the /opt/msys/ecelerity/etc/sample-configs/ directory. To change the default ec_rotate.conf file, make the required changes to the sample file and then move it to the /opt/msys/ecelerity/etc/ directory.

Warning

Consult with Message Systems support before you make any changes to ec_rotate.conf.

The following is the default ec_rotate.conf file:

# If enabled=yes, then ec_rotate will perform logfile rotation
# on the set of logfiles listed below.
# If you prefer to disable the default action without modifying
# the crontab entry installed by the package, you should do it here
# by setting enabled=no
#################################
# the options are as follows:
# enabled - yes/no - enables ec_rotate to be run
# logfiles - list of log files to rotate
# retention - the number of old log files to retain
# control_socket - the path to the ecelerity Control_Listener socket
# path_to_bzip - where to find the bzip2 binary on your system

enabled=yes

# The list of logfiles to rotate
logfiles =  /var/log/ecelerity/mainlog.ec \
            /var/log/ecelerity/paniclog.ec \
            /var/log/ecelerity/rejectlog.ec \
            /var/log/ecelerity/bouncelog.ec \
            /var/log/ecelerity/acctlog.ec \
            /var/log/ecelerity/smpplog.ec \
            /var/log/ecelerity/httplog.ec 
logdirs = /var/log/ecelerity/adaptive 

retention = 7

# vim:ts=2:sw=2:et:ft=conf:

The following are the options configured in the ec_rotate.conf file:

enabled

Whether log file rotation is enabled

Default value is yes.

logfiles

List of logfiles to rotate

logdirs

List of log directories to be searched for files with the suffix .log to rotate

retention

Retention period in days

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