Todo #9712: Add code for packages to set their own log rotation parameters - pfSense - pfSense bugtracker

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Todo #9712

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Todo #8350: Remove clog in favor of standard syslogd or syslogd alternative with rotation via newsyslog or logrotate

Add code for packages to set their own log rotation parameters

Added by Jim Pingle about 5 years ago. Updated almost 5 years ago.

Status:

Resolved

Priority:

Normal

Assignee:

Jim Pingle

Category:

Logging

Target version:

2.5.0

Start date:

08/30/2019

Due date:

% Done:

100%

Estimated time:

Plus Target Version:

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Description

Currently there is code for log rotation but there isn't a way for packages to influence how that rotation is handled without using their own custom newsyslog config file.

The existing code for logging uses a format in the package info.xml file like this:

        <logging>
            <logsocket>/tmp/haproxy_chroot/var/run/log</logsocket>
            <facilityname>haproxy</facilityname>
            <logfilename>haproxy.log</logfilename>
        </logging>

That needs to be extended to support the rotation parameters mentioned in #9711

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Updated by Jim Pingle about 5 years ago

For reference, the supported fields are now:

<logging>
    <facilityname>programname</facilityname>
    <logfilename>filename.log</logfilename>
    <logowner>root:wheel</logowner>
    <logmode>600</logmode>
    <rotatecount>7</rotatecount>
    <logfilesize>512000</logfilesize>
    <rotatetime>@T00</rotatetime>
    <rotateflags>p</rotateflags>
    <pidcmd>/var/run/program.pid</pidcmd>
    <signal>30</signal>
</logging>

These tags go into the package info.xml file. See haproxy and tinc for examples.

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