Is it possible to run one logrotate check manually?
Yes: logrotate --force $CONFIG_FILE
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.
logrotate -d [your_config_file]
invokes debug mode, giving you a verbose description of what would happen, but leaving the log files untouched.
You may want to run it in verbose + force mode.
logrotate -vf /etc/logrotate.conf