To rotate your nginx log files, you can use the log file handler provided by FreeBSD: newsyslog. Configuring /etc/newsyslog.conf /var/log/nginx-access.log               644  7     1024 *     JC /var/run/nginx.pid /var/log/nginx-error.log                644  7     1024 *     JC /var/run/nginx.pid Before log rotation: -rw-r–r–  1 root  wheel    104278002 Jul 16 11:35 nginx-access.log -rw-r–r–  1 root  wheel      1509531 Jul 16 11:17 nginx-error.log After … →