Plesk rotates logs using the logrotate
utility. This is located in the $PRODUCT_ROOT_D/logrotate/sbin/logrotate
directory, where the $PRODUCT_ROOT_D
is /usr/local/psa
for RPM-based systems or /opt/psa
on DEB-based systems.
You can set the following parameters of logs rotation:
You can define log rotation parameters for Plesk services in general and for each domain separately.
Log rotation parameters for Plesk services are defined in the $PRODUCT_ROOT_D/etc/logrotate.conf
configuration file. Part of this file is shown below.
# less /usr/local/psa/etc/logrotate.conf
include /usr/local/psa/etc/logrotate.d
/usr/local/psa/var/log/xferlog.processed {
missingok
rotate 3
size 10M
compress
nocreate
}
In turn, log rotation parameters for domains hosted on the Plesk server are stored in configuration files in the $PRODUCT_ROOT_D/etc/logrotate.d/
directory.
You can configure log rotation for a particular domain through the Plesk GUI. To do this:
When you click OK, the configuration is saved in the domain logrotate
configuration file $PRODUCT_ROOT_D/etc/logrotate.d/<
domain_name>
. A fragment of this file is provided below. Configuration changes are applied equally for all log files of this domain.
/var/www/vhosts/domain.tst/statistics/logs/*.processed {
monthly
rotate 10
compress
missingok
}
To make working with log files more convenient, you can include the file creation date into the names of rotated log files. If you do this, the names of rotated log files will have the following format <log_name>.processed-YYYYMMDD.gz
, where <log_name> is the name of the log file before rotation, like error_log
or httpsd_access_log
, and YYYYMMDD
is the date of the log rotation. For example, error_log.processed-20130101.gz
.
To include the creation date into the names of rotated log files, open the desired log rotation configuration file and add the line dateext
to the corresponding sections.