How To Install logrotate on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install logrotate on CentOS 7.
What is logrotate
The logrotate utility is designed to simplify the administration of log files on a system which generates a lot of log files. Logrotate allows for the automatic rotation compression, removal and mailing of log files. Logrotate can be set to handle a log file daily, weekly, monthly or when the log file gets to a certain size. Normally, logrotate runs as a daily cron job. Install the logrotate package if you need a utility to deal with the log files on your system.
We can use yum or dnf to install logrotate on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install logrotate.
Install logrotate on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install logrotate using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install logrotate
Install logrotate on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install logrotate using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install logrotate
How To Uninstall logrotate on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the logrotate package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove logrotate
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install logrotate on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
