Fix Logrotate Issues on Linux: Complete Guide

If logrotate is not working in Linux, it may be due to the following reasons:

  1. Configuration file error: Check if the configuration file for logrotate is correct, including the path of the log files and rotation rules are properly configured.
  2. logrotate is not running: Make sure the logrotate service is running, you can manually run the logrotate command to check.
  3. Permission issue: check if the permissions of the log files and the logrotate configuration files are correct, and ensure that logrotate has enough permission to operate on the log files.
  4. Timer issue: Check if the scheduling task for logrotate is correctly set up by using the crontab command to view and edit the scheduling task.
  5. The log file does not meet the rotation criteria: logrotate will only rotate the log file when it reaches a certain size or time condition, make sure the log file meets the rotation criteria.

If none of the above methods work, you can try manually running the logrotate command to force log file rotation.

bannerAds