localboss@lp53vserver169:~$ cd DEV/back
localboss@lp53vserver169:~/DEV/back$ cd data
localboss@lp53vserver169:~/DEV/back/data$ cd /etc/logrotate.d/
localboss@lp53vserver169:/etc/logrotate.d$ ls
alternatives  apt  btmp  django-logrotate.conf  dpkg  nginx  postgresql-common  rsyslog  unattended-upgrades  wtmp
localboss@lp53vserver169:/etc/logrotate.d$ nano django-logrotate.conf
localboss@lp53vserver169:/etc/logrotate.d$ sudo logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/django-logrotate.conf
[sudo] password for localboss:
localboss@lp53vserver169:/etc/logrotate.d$ ls
alternatives  apt  btmp  django-logrotate.conf  dpkg  nginx  postgresql-common  rsyslog  unattended-upgrades  wtmp
localboss@lp53vserver169:/etc/logrotate.d$ cat django-logrotate.conf
~/DEV/back/data/django.log {
    daily
    rotate 5
    compress
    missingok
    notifempty
    missingok
    create 0640 localboss localboss
}

localboss@lp53vserver169:/etc/logrotate.d$ sudo logrotate -vf /etc/logrotate.d/django-logrotate.conf
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rotating pattern: ~/DEV/back/data/django.log  forced from command line (5 rotations)
empty log files are not rotated, old logs are removed
considering log ~/DEV/back/data/django.log
localboss@lp53vserver169:/etc/logrotate.d$ ls
alternatives  apt  btmp  django-logrotate.conf  dpkg  nginx  postgresql-common  rsyslog  unattended-upgrades  wtmp
localboss@lp53vserver169:/etc/logrotate.d$ mv django-logrotate.conf django
mv: cannot move 'django-logrotate.conf' to 'django': Permission denied
localboss@lp53vserver169:/etc/logrotate.d$ sudo mv django-logrotate.conf django
localboss@lp53vserver169:/etc/logrotate.d$ ls
alternatives  apt  btmp  django  dpkg  nginx  postgresql-common  rsyslog  unattended-upgrades  wtmp
localboss@lp53vserver169:/etc/logrotate.d$ logrotate /etc/logrotate.d/django
-bash: logrotate: command not found
localboss@lp53vserver169:/etc/logrotate.d$ sudo logrotate /etc/logrotate.d/django
localboss@lp53vserver169:/etc/logrotate.d$ sudo logrotate -d /etc/logrotate.d/django
WARNING: logrotate in debug mode does nothing except printing debug messages!  Consider using verbose mode (-v) instead if this is not what you want.

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rotating pattern: ~/DEV/back/data/django.log  after 1 days (5 rotations)
empty log files are not rotated, old logs are removed
considering log ~/DEV/back/data/django.log
localboss@lp53vserver169:/etc/logrotate.d$ sudo logrotate -vf /etc/logrotate.d/django
reading config file /etc/logrotate.d/django
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rotating pattern: ~/DEV/back/data/django.log  forced from command line (5 rotations)
empty log files are not rotated, old logs are removed
considering log ~/DEV/back/data/django.log
localboss@lp53vserver169:/etc/logrotate.d$



localboss@lp53vserver169:~$ cd DEV
localboss@lp53vserver169:~/DEV$ cd data
-bash: cd: data: No such file or directory
localboss@lp53vserver169:~/DEV$ cd back
localboss@lp53vserver169:~/DEV/back$ cd data
localboss@lp53vserver169:~/DEV/back/data$ ls
daemon.log  django1.log  django.log
localboss@lp53vserver169:~/DEV/back/data$ ls -lh
total 170M
-rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data 153K Jan 26 16:53 daemon.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data  67M Jan 18 16:26 django1.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data 103M Jan 26 16:53 django.log
localboss@lp53vserver169:~/DEV/back/data$ ls -lh
total 170M
-rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data 153K Jan 26 16:53 daemon.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data  67M Jan 18 16:26 django1.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data 103M Jan 26 16:53 django.log
localboss@lp53vserver169:~/DEV/back/data$ /usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf --verbose --force |& grep -i '[^-_/.]error'
error: error opening state file /var/lib/logrotate/status: Permission denied
localboss@lp53vserver169:~/DEV/back/data$ sudo /usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf --verbose --force |& grep -i '[^-_/.]error'
[sudo] password for localboss:
localboss@lp53vserver169:~/DEV/back/data$ sudo chmod 644 /etc/
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localboss@lp53vserver169:~/DEV/back/data$ sudo chmod 644 /etc/log
logcheck/       login.defs      logrotate.conf  logrotate.d/
localboss@lp53vserver169:~/DEV/back/data$ sudo chmod 644 /etc/log
logcheck/       login.defs      logrotate.conf  logrotate.d/
localboss@lp53vserver169:~/DEV/back/data$ sudo chmod 644 /etc/logrotate.conf
localboss@lp53vserver169:~/DEV/back/data$ cd /etc
localboss@lp53vserver169:/etc$ nano logrotate.conf
localboss@lp53vserver169:/etc$ nano logrotate.conf
localboss@lp53vserver169:/etc$ man logrotate
localboss@lp53vserver169:/etc$ ls -lh /DEV/back/data
ls: cannot access '/DEV/back/data': No such file or directory
localboss@lp53vserver169:/etc$ ls -lh ~/DEV/back/data
total 170M
-rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data 153K Jan 26 16:53 daemon.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data  67M Jan 18 16:26 django1.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data 103M Jan 26 16:53 django.log
localboss@lp53vserver169:/etc$ cat logrotate.conf
# see "man logrotate" for details

# global options do not affect preceding include directives

# rotate log files weekly
weekly

# keep 4 weeks worth of backlogs
rotate 4

# create new (empty) log files after rotating old ones
create

# use date as a suffix of the rotated file
#dateext

# uncomment this if you want your log files compressed
#compress

# packages drop log rotation information into this directory
include /etc/logrotate.d

# system-specific logs may also be configured here.
localboss@lp53vserver169:/etc$ sudo nano logrotate.conf


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localboss@lp53vserver169:/etc$ fg
sudo nano logrotate.conf
localboss@lp53vserver169:/etc$ ls -lh ~/DEV/back/data
total 170M
-rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data 153K Jan 26 16:53 daemon.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data  67M Jan 18 16:26 django1.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data 103M Jan 26 16:53 django.log
localboss@lp53vserver169:/etc$