Rotate Apache logs with Cronolog

Cronolog is log rotation program which gives you a lot of options to template the log destination files. The common use is to split logs by year / month / day.

Here is how to configure Apache to send log entries to cronolog :

CustomLog "|/usr/sbin/cronolog /home/log/apache2/%Y-%m-%d_domain.com_access.log" combined

This will create a log file named 2008-06-02_domain.com_access.log for today.

Cronolog reads log entries from standard input and writes them to the output file specified by your template.

More examples

  • Rotate by month :
CustomLog "|/usr/sbin/cronolog /home/log/apache2/%Y-%m_domain.com_access.log" combined
  • Rotate by week number :
CustomLog "|/usr/sbin/cronolog /home/log/apache2/%Y-%W_domain.com_access.log" combined
  • Rotate hourly
CustomLog "|/usr/sbin/cronolog /home/log/apache2/%H_domain.com_access.log" combined

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This entry was written by CharlyBr, posted on June 4, 2008 at 7:33 am, filed under Logs, http and tagged , . Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

Deny access to .svn directories with Apache2 / lighttpd

If you’re using SVN to control your web application, your certainly need to deny access to .svn sub-directories.

With Apache2

    <DirectoryMatch "^/.*/\.svn/">
            Order allow,deny
            Deny from all
    </DirectoryMatch>

With lighttpd

    $HTTP["url"] =~ "/\.svn/" {
        url.access-deny = ( "" )
    }

This entry was written by CharlyBr, posted on May 28, 2008 at 7:17 am, filed under http and tagged , , . Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.