{"id":5846,"date":"2024-03-14T03:28:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T03:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-solve-logrotate-not-working-on-linux\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T20:20:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T20:20:41","slug":"how-to-solve-logrotate-not-working-on-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-solve-logrotate-not-working-on-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Fix Logrotate Issues on Linux: Complete Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

If logrotate is not working in Linux, it may be due to the following reasons:<\/p>\n

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  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.<\/li>\n
  2. logrotate is not running: Make sure the logrotate service is running, you can manually run the logrotate command to check.<\/li>\n
  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.<\/li>\n
  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.<\/li>\n
  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.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If none of the above methods work, you can try manually running the logrotate command to force log file rotation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    If logrotate is not working in Linux, it may be due to the following reasons: 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. logrotate is not running: Make sure the logrotate service is running, you can manually run […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_import_markdown_pro_load_document_selector":0,"_import_markdown_pro_submit_text_textarea":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5061,2651,4921,6648,316],"class_list":["post-5846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-linux-logs","tag-linux-troubleshooting","tag-log-management","tag-logrotate","tag-system-administration"],"yoast_head":"\nFix Logrotate Issues on Linux: Complete Guide - Blog - Silicon Cloud<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Troubleshoot logrotate issues on Linux. 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