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author | Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> | 2011-03-29 09:47:26 -0700 |
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committer | Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> | 2011-03-29 09:47:26 -0700 |
commit | c1ebb313735a280582d87c1ba44619aa47e00b06 (patch) | |
tree | c255cc22801ae4640f981ecc19148cd29bcfcb0b /examples | |
parent | ede28dc59562c862ff4641ed42a0ef357880d0f5 (diff) | |
download | unicorn-c1ebb313735a280582d87c1ba44619aa47e00b06.tar.gz |
logrotate is the de facto tool for logrotation, so an example config for highlighting important parts are in order. Since our USR1 signal handling is part of the crusade against the slow and lossy "copytruncate" option, be sure to emphasize that :)
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diff --git a/examples/logrotate.conf b/examples/logrotate.conf new file mode 100644 index 0000000..03fefc6 --- /dev/null +++ b/examples/logrotate.conf @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +# example logrotate config file, I usually keep this in +# /etc/logrotate.d/unicorn_app on my Debian systems +# +# See the logrotate(8) manpage for more information: +# http://linux.die.net/man/8/logrotate + +# Modify the following glob to match the logfiles your app writes to: +/var/log/unicorn_app/*.log { + # this first block is mostly just personal preference, though + # I wish logrotate offered an "hourly" option... + daily + missingok + rotate 180 + compress # must use with delaycompress below + dateext + + # this is important if using "compress" since we need to call + # the "lastaction" script below before compressing: + delaycompress + + # note the lack of the evil "copytruncate" option in this + # config. Unicorn supports the USR1 signal and we send it + # as our "lastaction" action: + lastaction + # assuming your pid file is in /var/run/unicorn_app/pid + pid=/var/run/unicorn_app/pid + test -s $pid && kill -USR1 "$(cat $pid)" + endscript +} |