Configure Logrotate with Webmin

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Webmin can be used to setup Logrotate.

  • Sign in to Webmin
  • Menu: System -> Log File Rotation
  • Add new log file to rotate

Edit Log File

  • Setup your preference
  • Log file paths
  • Number of old logs to keep (I use 5, default is 4)

Commands to run after rotation

For apache use

/bin/kill -HUP `cat /var/run/httpd.pid 2>/dev/null` 2> /dev/null || true


This note has been tested on CentOS

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