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Type:
Task
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Resolution: Won't Do
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Priority:
Major - P3
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None
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Affects Version/s: None
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Component/s: kb, production
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Labels:None
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Due to some known problems using logrotate (SERVER-14053) and thanks to the changes performed on SERVER-4905. The log rotation approach based on logrotate standard tool should be included in the documentation.
The following is a logrotate configuration extracted from one of the comments on SERVER-14053.
/var/log/mongodb/mongod.log {
daily
size 1G
rotate 10
missingok
compress
compresscmd /usr/bin/bzip2
uncompresscmd /usr/bin/bunzip2
compressoptions -9
compressext .bz2
delaycompress
notifempty
create 640 mongod mongod
sharedscripts
postrotate
/bin/kill -SIGUSR1 `cat /var/run/mongodb/mongod.pid 2>/dev/null` >/dev/null 2>&1
find /var/log/mongodb -type f -size 0 -regextype posix-awk -regex "^\/var\/log\/mongodb\/mongod\.log\.[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}T[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}$" -execdir rm {} \; >/dev/null 2>&1
endscript
}