Logrotate¶

Field	Value
Purpose	Logrotate-specific configuration — ubiquitous log rotation utility
Repo	AmadlaOrg/Entities/Application/Logging/Logrotate
Entity URI	`amadla.org/entity/application/logging/logrotate@v1.0.0`
Parent type	Application/Logging

Schema¶

Property	Type	Description
`frequency`	string	Global rotation frequency (`daily`, `weekly`, `monthly`)
`rotate`	integer	Number of rotated log files to keep
`configs`	array of objects	Per-path logrotate configurations
`configs[].path`	string	Log file path or glob pattern (e.g., `/var/log/nginx/*.log`)
`configs[].frequency`	string	Rotation frequency for this path (`daily`, `weekly`, `monthly`)
`configs[].rotate`	integer	Number of rotated files to keep for this path
`configs[].compress`	boolean	Compress rotated files
`configs[].missingok`	boolean	Do not error if the log file is missing
`configs[].notifempty`	boolean	Do not rotate if the log file is empty
`configs[].create.mode`	string	File permissions (e.g., `0640`)
`configs[].create.owner`	string	File owner
`configs[].create.group`	string	File group
`configs[].postrotate`	string	Script to run after rotation (e.g., `systemctl reload nginx`)

Example¶

_type: amadla.org/entity/application/logging/logrotate@v1.0.0
_extends: amadla.org/entity/application/logging@v1.0.0
_body:
  compress: true
  frequency: weekly
  rotate: 4
  configs:
    - path: /var/log/nginx/*.log
      frequency: daily
      rotate: 14
      compress: true
      missingok: true
      notifempty: true
      create:
        mode: "0640"
        owner: www-data
        group: adm
      postrotate: "systemctl reload nginx"
    - path: /var/log/app/*.log
      frequency: daily
      rotate: 7
      compress: true

Consumers¶

Tool	How It Uses Application/Logging/Logrotate
lay	Installs the `logrotate` package
weaver	Generates `/etc/logrotate.conf` and `/etc/logrotate.d/*.conf`
enjoin-service	Ensures logrotate cron/timer is active