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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2017-06-08 20:12:38 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2017-06-12 23:34:13 +0200
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services: rottlog: Define <log-rotation> objects.
* gnu/services/admin.scm (<log-rotation>): New record type. (syslog-rotation-config, simple-rotation-config): Remove. (%default-rotations): Define as a list of <log-rotation> objects. (log-rotation->config, log-rotations->/etc-entries): New procedures. (<rottlog-configuration>)[periodic-rotations]: Remove. [rotations]: New field. (rottlog-etc): Use 'log-rotations->/etc-entries'. * doc/guix.texi (Log Rotation): Update accordingly.
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@@ -9543,7 +9543,7 @@ services admin)} module provides an interface to GNU@tie{}Rot[t]log, a
log rotation tool (@pxref{Top,,, rottlog, GNU Rot[t]log Manual}).
The example below defines an operating system that provides log rotation
-with the default settings.
+with the default settings, for commonly encountered log files.
@lisp
(use-modules (guix) (gnu))
@@ -9576,33 +9576,53 @@ The Rottlog package to use.
The Rottlog configuration file to use (@pxref{Mandatory RC Variables,,,
rottlog, GNU Rot[t]log Manual}).
-@item @code{periodic-rotations} (default: @code{`(("weekly" %default-rotations))})
-A list of Rottlog period-name/period-config tuples.
+@item @code{rotations} (default: @code{%default-rotations})
+A list of @code{log-rotation} objects as defined below.
-For example, taking an example from the Rottlog manual (@pxref{Period
-Related File Examples,,, rottlog, GNU Rot[t]log Manual}), a valid tuple
-might be:
+@item @code{jobs}
+This is a list of gexps where each gexp corresponds to an mcron job
+specification (@pxref{Scheduled Job Execution}).
+@end table
+@end deftp
+
+@deftp {Data Type} log-rotation
+Data type representing the rotation of a group of log files.
+
+Taking an example from the Rottlog manual (@pxref{Period Related File
+Examples,,, rottlog, GNU Rot[t]log Manual}), a log rotation might be
+defined like this:
@example
-("daily" ,(plain-file "daily"
- "\
- /var/log/apache/* @{
- storedir apache-archives
- rotate 6
- notifempty
- nocompress
- @}"))
+(log-rotation
+ (frequency 'daily)
+ (files '("/var/log/apache/*"))
+ (options '("storedir apache-archives"
+ "rotate 6"
+ "notifempty"
+ "nocompress")))
@end example
-@item @code{jobs}
-This is a list of gexps where each gexp corresponds to an mcron job
-specification (@pxref{Scheduled Job Execution}).
+The list of fields is as follows:
+
+@table @asis
+@item @code{frequency} (default: @code{'weekly})
+The log rotation frequency, a symbol.
+
+@item @code{files}
+The list of files or file glob patterns to rotate.
+
+@item @code{options} (default: @code{'()})
+The list of rottlog options for this rotation (@pxref{Configuration
+parameters,,, rottlog, GNU Rot[t]lg Manual}).
+
+@item @code{post-rotate} (default: @code{#f})
+Either @code{#f} or a gexp to execute once the rotation has completed.
@end table
@end deftp
@defvr {Scheme Variable} %default-rotations
Specifies weekly rotation of @var{%rotated-files} and
-@code{"/var/log/shepherd.log"}.
+a couple of other files.
@end defvr
@defvr {Scheme Variable} %rotated-files