apache log rotation
Chris Sharman
Is there something better than rename & (graceful) restart ?
When I do that, it dutifully opens new logs, but doesn't close the old
ones ! They're still locked by the apache$sws process.
Alan Winston's book says
@sys$startup:apache$config NEW ! followed by
@sys$startup:apache$config FLUSH
Seems an odd procedure to contain that function, and when I try it, it says:
$ @sys$startup:apache$config new
HP Secure Web Server for OpenVMS Alpha
[based on Apache]
This procedure helps you define the operating environment
required to run the Secure Web Server on this system.
ERROR: Do not configure while the servers are still running
Please shutdown any servers first, then reconfigure.
%SYSTEM-F-ABORT, abort
Thanks,
Chris
tim.b...@hp.com
Does this help?
$ @sys$manager:apache$symbols
$ httpd -k flush
and/or
$ @sys$manager:apache$symbols
$ httpd -k new
Thanks.
Tim
b...@instantwhip.com
weekly, monthly or yearly basis depending on what you set it to ... its
just like the ronco man, just set it and forget it!
David B Sneddon
> purveyor automatically creates a new log on either an hourly, daily,
> weekly, monthly or yearly basis depending on what you set it to ... its
> just like the ronco man, just set it and forget it!
>
>
Really Boob? So does WASD.
Regards,
Dave.
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Chris Sharman
> Does this help?
>
> $ @sys$manager:apache$symbols
> $ httpd -k flush
>
> and/or
>
> $ @sys$manager:apache$symbols
> $ httpd -k new
That's the business - thanks.
Did I miss some documentation, or is this undocumented ?
httpd -h
knows about a bunch of options, but not that one.
Seems like something which ought to be documented.
Thanks,
Chris
issinoho
It should also be noted that the HTTPD executable may not always
function correctly unless the following is executed first,
@apache$root:[000000]apache$setup
Chris, if you get a chance could you cross-post this thread into VAMP.
Thanks, mate.
Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing
I'm not running Apache 2.0 (and won't be until the changes to support
non-STM-LF files are in place), and the book was published before 2.0
came out.
This does actually work on SWS versions prior to 2.0, and it's how my
monthly reset-the-log-files job works.
Apparently it's changed; I'll make a note of that for the next edition.
-- Alan
Paul Sture
> Hi,
>
> Does this help?
>
> $ @sys$manager:apache$symbols
> $ httpd -k flush
>
> and/or
>
> $ @sys$manager:apache$symbols
> $ httpd -k new
>
Tim, has the problem reported below been solved? I don't recall ever
seeing an aanouncement that it was fixed.
---- quote ----
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Von: "Rick Barry" <b...@star.zko.dec.com>
Datum: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 09:41:37 -0500
Lokal: Mo 24 Feb. 2003 15:41
Betreff: Re: CSWS/Apache 1.3 Log File problems
"ted crane" <googlepos...@tedcrane.com> wrote in message
news:dd169acf.0302...@posting.google.com...
> Please excuse me for being such a bulldog with
> this set of questions, but it seems to me that
> the various postings in reply to my original are
> sortof dancing around the issue.
> [snip]
There are problems with the FLUSH/NEW commands in CSWS 1.2 and 1.3 that
may cause loss of data. We recommend that people not use these commands
until a fix is available (shortly).
There has been a recent report of data loss ("holes in the access log")
when FLUSH/NEW was not used. We're investigating that report, but so
far we have not been able to determine whether there is a software
problem or not. We have not been able to duplicate the problem
internally, but we'll continue to investigate until we have an
explanation for the data loss.
If we discover that there is a problem, we'll fix it and provide a patch
kit.
---- end quote ----
Steven M. Schweda
> Tim, has the problem reported below been solved? I don't recall ever
> seeing an aanouncement that it was fixed.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/9qgba
>
> [... FLUSH causes holes in log files ...]
I ran into this problem at about the same time it was reported here,
perhaps at CSWS V1.2. I'm now at "Apache/1.3.20 (OpenVMS) mod_ssl/2.8.4
OpenSSL/0.9.6g", and I do not recall seeing any report of a fix.
When I discovered the data loss, I switched from periodic FLUSH to
periodic GRACEFUL. I don't like it much, but I don't do enough serious
stuff here to be troubled by the difference.
If there is a fix beginning in some version or other, I'd like to
know about it, too.
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