logrotate / logrotate

The logrotate utility is designed to simplify the administration of log files on a system which generates a lot of log files.

logrotate

The logrotate utility is designed to simplify the administration of log files on a system which generates a lot of log files. Logrotate allows for the automatic rotation compression, removal and mailing of log files. Logrotate can be set to handle a log file hourly, daily, weekly, monthly or when the log file gets to a certain size.

Download

The latest release is:

• logrotate-3.22.0 (sig) (Changelog)

Previous releases:

• logrotate-3.21.0 (sig) (Changelog)
• logrotate-3.20.1 (sig) (Changelog)
• logrotate-3.20.0 (sig) (Changelog)
• logrotate-3.19.0 (sig) (Changelog)
• logrotate-3.18.1 (sig) (Changelog)
• logrotate-3.18.0 (sig) (Changelog)
• logrotate-3.17.0 (sig) (Changelog)
• logrotate-3.16.0 (sig) (Changelog)
• logrotate-3.15.1 (sig) (Changelog)
• logrotate-3.15.0 (sig) (Changelog)
• logrotate-3.14.0 (sig) (Changelog)
• logrotate-3.13.0 (sig) (Changelog)
• logrotate-3.12.3 (sig) (Changelog)
• logrotate-3.12.2 (sig) (Changelog)
• logrotate-3.12.1 (sig) (Changelog)
• logrotate-3.12.0 (sig) (Changelog)
• logrotate-3.11.0 (sig) (Changelog)
• logrotate-3.10.0 (Changelog)
• logrotate-3.9.2 (Changelog)

Git checkout

You can also obtain code by using git checkout:

git clone https://github.com/logrotate/logrotate.git -b main

Replace main with branch or tag you intend to checkout

Verify and unpack

After downloading the tarball and .asc signature file, check the signature:

Get Christian's PGP key rsa4096/C78CE737A3C3E28E (almost any keyserver will do if pgp.mit.edu is temporarily unavailable):

$ gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-key 8ECCDF12100AD84DA2EE7EBFC78CE737A3C3E28E

Older releases are signed with Kamil's PGP key rsa4096/72A37B36

$ gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-key 992A96E075056E79CD8214F9873DB37572A37B36

and verify the PGP signature on the distribution tarball:

$ gpg --verify logrotate-3.22.0.tar.xz.asc logrotate-3.22.0.tar.xz

If successful your GPG output should look like this:

gpg: Signature made Sat 01 Jun 2024 05:41:38 PM CEST
gpg:                using RSA key 8ECCDF12100AD84DA2EE7EBFC78CE737A3C3E28E
gpg: Good signature from "Christian Göttsche <[e-mail]>" [unknown]
gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!
gpg:          There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner.
Primary key fingerprint: 8ECC DF12 100A D84D A2EE  7EBF C78C E737 A3C3 E28E

You may then unpack the tarball:

$ tar -xJf logrotate-3.22.0.tar.xz

Notice that git tags are signed with same key:

$ git tag --verify 3.22.0

Compiling

Obtain source either by Downloading it or doing Git checkout.

Install dependencies for Debian systems:

apt-get update
apt-get install autoconf automake libpopt-dev libtool make xz-utils

Install dependencies for Fedora/CentOS systems:

yum install autoconf automake libtool make popt-devel xz

Compilation (autoreconf is optional if you obtained source from tarball):

cd logrotate-X.Y.Z
autoreconf -fiv
./configure
make

Patches and Questions

Open issues or pull requests on GitHub.

More details in CONTRIBUTING.md file for pull requests.