ejabberd - Comments for "Ejabberd 2.1.5 and logrotate" https://www.ejabberd.im/node/5052 en I've tried this with ejabberd https://www.ejabberd.im/node/5052#comment-58042 <p>I've tried this with ejabberd 2.1.9:</p> <p>You can rotate in two different ways:</p> <p>A) Let ejabberd rename and rotate:<br /> 1. ejabberd writes to ejabberd.log<br /> 2. you call: ejabberdctl rotate-log<br /> 3. ejabberd renames ejabberd.log to ejabberd-old.log<br /> 4. ejabberd writes to a new ejabberd.log</p> <p>B) You rename, ejabberd rotates:<br /> 1. ejabberd writes to ejabberd.log<br /> 2. you rename ejabberd.log to whatever you want, e.g.: ejabberd.log.1<br /> 3. you call: ejabberdctl rotate-log<br /> 4. ejabberd writes to a new ejabberd.log</p> Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:13:27 +0000 mfoss comment 58042 at https://www.ejabberd.im