Logging

How To Add the log Module to Nginx on Ubuntu 16.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Add the log Module to Nginx on Ubuntu 16.04

In this guide, we will look at how to utilize Nginx’s logging module. We’ll set up separate log files for different server blocks and then customize the logging output. We’ll also add additional information about requests (in this tutorial’s example, the time it takes to serve a request) to the access log beyond what Nginx includes by default.

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How To Install and Use Logwatch Log Analyzer and Reporter on a VPS — step-by-step DevOps tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install and Use Logwatch Log Analyzer and Reporter on a VPS

Following in the footsteps of our previous articles on Linux system hardening, security monitoring and emailing alerts, in this the cloud provider article we will talk about Logwatch: a very powerful log parser and analyzer which can make any dedicated system administrator’s life a little bit easier when tackling application related tasks and issues.

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How To Manage Logfiles with Logrotate on Ubuntu 20.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Manage Logfiles with Logrotate on Ubuntu 20.04

Logrotate is a system utility that manages the automatic rotation and compression of log files. If log files were not rotated, compressed, and periodically pruned, they would eventually consume all available disk space on a system. In this article, we will explore the default Logrotate configuration, then configure log rotation for a fictional custom application.

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