#log-files

How to: Rotate logs of a dumb non-interactive application #fix #dev #computers

Rotate logs of a dumb non-interactive application

Ubuntu 10.4 Server.

I have a dumb non-interactive legacy service which is running constantly on my server.

It is writing its log to a file with fixed name (/var/log/something.log).

It does not handle any signals to let go of the log file. I need to rotate that log file.

Is there a way to do this properly without changing the application and…

How to: How can I rotate many log files into a different subdirectory per rotation? #fix #it #answer

How can I rotate many log files into a different subdirectory per rotation?

I have a directory with many log files, all of which I would like to rotate daily. For organizational purposes I would like to be able to move the rotated logs into a different directory (or subdirectory) named by date, keeping the last week of logs.

I can use logrotate to achieve most of this by roatating the files…

How to: Log file rotation and "tail -f" #answer #computers #it

Log file rotation and "tail -f"

I use log4j to create rolling log files from my program. It writes to a log file until it reaches 256mb, and then it renames all the log files and creates a new log file and continues logging.

It is very useful for me to monitor these log files while my program runs, so I run “tail -f” on the log file to watch it in realtime.

The problem is occurs when the log…

Resolved: Use local tools to monitor remote logs #computers #dev #fix

Use local tools to monitor remote logs

I don’t have root access on my hosted web server, but I would like to use tools like MultiTail to monitor log files that are generated on my web host.

Is there a way I can pipe the log output on my remote host ( I have ssh access ), to my locally running MultiTail?

The local machine is running Ubuntu 9.04. The remote machine is running FreeBSD 6.

==

The…

Answer: Linux server out of space #it #development #answer

Linux server out of space

I have been asked this question in two consecutive interviews, but after some research and checking with various systems administrators I haven’t received a good answer. I am wondering if somebody can help me out here.

A server is out of disk space. You notice a very large log file and determine it is safe to remove. You delete the file but the disk still shows that it…

Solution: iis 7 log file directory #computers #it #solution

iis 7 log file directory

under my log directory I have a list of subdirectories: W3SVC1, W3SVC2, W3SVC3, etc, etc. How do I match those folders with each website on IIS?

Answer [by Scott Forsyth – MVP]: iis 7 log file directory

You can get the site id by clicking on the Sites node (major heading). Each site has a site id beside it in the 2nd column. The log folder will be in the format of…

Fixed: Is there a good alternative to analog for web server log analysis? #fix #solution #programming

Is there a good alternative to analog for web server log analysis?

I have been using Analog to analyze the logs of our Apache web server. While analog is quite powerful, I find it quite tedious to set it up correctly to get the information that you want.

My question is: Do you know any (perhaps more “modern”) tools to analyze web server log files? Preferably these would be tools running on the…

How to: W3C log analyzer #it #solution #development

W3C log analyzer

I’m looking for a W3C log analyzer. I know there are plenty around, but it’s hard to choose a good one. I was wondering if anyone could make a few recommendations?

Answer [by KPWINC]: W3C log analyzer

I’ve used AWStats in a number of installations. Its nice… and free.

http://awstats.sourceforge.net

Here’s a link (on their site) to a decent comparison vs some other popular…