在linux下,使用logratate进行日志轮替,比较适用于具有固定文件名的日志文件,比如mysql的出错日志、常规查询日志、慢查询日志等。
本文介绍下logratate实现自动轮替的原理和用法。
默认情况下,logrotate部署为每天运行的cron job,可以在目录/etc/cron.daily里找到名为logrotate的配置文件。
那么它是在每天的上面时候运行的呢?
打开文件/etc/crontab即知晓,类似:
shell=/bin/bash
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
MAILTO=root
HOME=/
# run-parts
01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily
22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly
/etc/cron.daily是在每天凌晨4:02执行。即每天4:02分/etc/cron.daily/logrotate将会自动执行,内容:
#!/bin/sh
/usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf
EXITVALUE=$?
if [ $EXITVALUE != 0 ]; then
/usr/bin/logger -t logrotate "ALERT exited abnormally with [$EXITVALUE]"
fi
exit 0
从以上可以知道,logratate默认的配置文件是/etc/logratate.conf,内容:
EXITVALUE=$?
if [ $EXITVALUE != 0 ]; then
/usr/bin/logger -t logrotate "ALERT exited abnormally with [$EXITVALUE]"
fi
exit 0
[root@jbxue /etc/cron.daily ]# cat /etc/logrotate.conf
# see "man logrotate" for details
# rotate log files weekly
weekly
# keep 4 weeks worth of backlogs
rotate 4
# create new (empty) log files after rotating old ones
create
# uncomment this if you want your log files compressed
#compress
# RPM packages drop log rotation information into this directory
include /etc/logrotate.d
# no packages own wtmp -- we'll rotate them here
/var/log/wtmp {
monthly
minsize 1M
create 0664 root utmp
rotate 1
}
/var/log/btmp {
missingok
monthly
minsize 1M
create 0600 root utmp
rotate 1
}
这个默认的配置文件将读取目录/etc/logrotate.d,所以只要把自己写的配置文件放到该目录下即可。
MySQL本省提供了一个rotate的参考配置文件,在support-files目录下,文件名为mysql-log-rotate,内容如下:
# This logname can be set in /etc/my.cnf
# by setting the variable "err-log"
# in the [safe_mysqld] section as follows:
#
# [safe_mysqld]
# err-log=/opt/mysql/data/mysqld.log
#
# If the root user has a password you have to create a
# /root/.my.cnf configuration file with the following
# content:
#
# [mysqladmin]
# password = <secret>
# user= root
#
# where "<secret>" is the password.
#
# ATTENTION: This /root/.my.cnf should be readable ONLY
# for root !
/opt/mysql/data/mysqld.log {
# create 600 mysql mysql
notifempty
daily
rotate 3
missingok
compress
postrotate
# just if mysqld is really running
if test -x /opt/mysql/bin/mysqladmin &&
/opt/mysql/bin/mysqladmin ping &>/dev/null
then
/opt/mysql/bin/mysqladmin flush-logs
fi
endscript
}
logrotate常见选项:
选项 含义
compress 压缩日志文件的所有非当前版本
copy 复制当前的日志文件,忽略create参数
copytruncate 复制当前的日志文件,并置空当前文件
daily 每天轮日志文件i
dateext 轮换的日志后缀为-YYYYMMDD格式
delaycompress 压缩除了当前和最近之外的所有其他版本
missingok 如果日志不存在,不会报错
notifempty 如果日志为空,则不轮换
rotate n 在轮换方案中包含n个版本的日志
size=logsize 如果日志文件大于logsize才轮换
只要根据自己的需要,修改相应配置即可。
例子:
1)创建MySQL root密码文件
vi /root/.my.cnf
2)把mysql-log-rotate拷贝至/etc/logrotate.d目录下,修改其内容为:
3)执行命令测试