Is it possible to run one logrotate check manually

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Is it possible to run one iteration of logrotate manually without scheduling it on some interval

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Yes   logrotate --force  CONFIG FILE

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Created a shell script to solve the problem  https   antofthy gitlab io software  logrotate one This script will run just the single logrotate sub-configuration file found in  quot  etc logrotate d quot   but include the global settings from in the global configuration file  quot  etc logrotate conf quot     You can also use other otpions for testing it    For example      logrotate one -d syslog

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logrotate -d  your config file  invokes debug mode  giving you a verbose description of what would happen  but leaving the log files untouched

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The way to run all of logrotate is   logrotate -f  etc logrotate conf   that will run the primary logrotate file  which includes the other logrotate configurations as well

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Edit  var lib logrotate status  or  var lib loglogrotate logrotate status  to reset the  last rotated  date on the log file you want to test  Then run logrotate YOUR CONFIG FILE  Or you can use the --force flag  but editing logrotate status gives you more precision over what does and doesn t get rotated

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Issue the following command the way to run specified logrotate   logrotate -vf  etc logrotate d custom   Options   -v  show the process  -f  forcing run  custom  user-defined log setting  eg  mongodb-log    mongodb-log rotate   data var log mongodb mongod log       daily     dateext     rotate 30     copytruncate     missingok

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If you want to force-run a single specific directory or daemon s log files  you can usually find the configuration in  etc logrotate d  and they will work standalone   Keep in mind that global configuration specified in  etc logrotate conf will not apply  so if you do this you should ensure you specify all the options you want in the  etc logrotate d  servicename  config file specifically   You can try it out with -d to see what would happen   logrotate -df  etc logrotate d nginx   Then you can run  using nginx as an example    logrotate -f  etc logrotate d nginx   And the nginx logs alone will be rotated

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You may want to run it in verbose   force mode   logrotate -vf  etc logrotate conf

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