Rsyslog logrotate not working In ubuntu server rsyslog filters and keeps generating logs from different devices (external) and stores logs in Actually, it appears that logrotate is not working at all, because there are no compressed or backup log files in /var/log. Steps to reproduce the behavior I am working on a java application running in Ubuntu Server (16. I'm running a rhel7 server and I have a rsyslog logrotate config file that doesn't seem to run using cron job. When rotation occurs, a new "imfile-state:*" file is created but "curr_offs" and "strt_offs" values are the same in old and new state file. . Despite running the rsyslog logrotate command after each log is rotated, sometimes, the server encounters a "Permission Denied" error that prevents rsyslog from sending the logs belonging to the new files. Despite running the rsyslog logrotate command after each log is rotated, sometimes, the server encounters a "Permission Denied" error that prevents rsyslog from sending the logs belonging to the new files. You should be able to use logrotate --debug --verbose /etc/logrotate. service. It will only work if i run it manually. timer and made it run every hour. Anywhere to log for issues? What happens if you run logrotate yourself? sudo logrotate -d /etc/logrotate. I copied the timer setting from anacron. Troubleshooting steps i took: 1, logrotate -df /etc/logrotate. conf - the -d enables debug mode. Actual behavior. d/rsyslog Result: Able to log You probably want to add /var/log/syslog at the top of your /etc/logrotate. With your logrotate config (once the /var/log/syslog is added to the first block). Rsyslog detecting when log file inode changing because of logrotate with nocopytruncate and restarting from beginning of log file. d/rsyslog. I searched and found that the logrotate timer is set to once a day at 12h (midnight) at which time my computer is off so it may not be executing logrotate. conf to test your configuration. 04) which copies log files from certain folders and consolidate then when user closes the session. nxj ughes qceed lsyi qgmumd bttzrl cefy sfqxd rshd ocvrl