Description
PM2 module to automatically rotate logs of processes managed by PM2.
Install
pm2 install pm2-logrotate
NOTE: the command is pm2 install
NOT npm install
Configure
max_size
(Defaults to10M
): When a file size becomes higher than this value it will rotate it (its possible that the worker check the file after it actually pass the limit) . You can specify the unit at then end:10G
,10M
,10K
retain
(Defaults to30
file logs): This number is the number of rotated logs that are keep at any one time, it means that if you have retain = 7 you will have at most 7 rotated logs and your current one.compress
(Defaults tofalse
): Enable compression via gzip for all rotated logsdateFormat
(Defaults toYYYY-MM-DD_HH-mm-ss
) : Format of the data used the name the file of logrotateModule
(Defaults totrue
) : Rotate the log of pm2's module like other appsworkerInterval
(Defaults to30
in secs) : You can control at which interval the worker is checking the log's size (minimum is1
)rotateInterval
(Defaults to0 0 * * *
everyday at midnight): This cron is used to a force rotate when executed. We are using node-schedule to schedule cron, so all valid cron for node-schedule is valid cron for this option. Cron style :TZ
(Defaults to system time): This is the standard tz database timezone used to offset the log file saved. For instance, a value ofEtc/GMT+1
, with an hourly log, will save a file at hour14
GMT with hour13
(GMT+1) in the log name.
* * * * * *
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โ โ โ โ โ โ day of week (0 - 7) (0 or 7 is Sun)
โ โ โ โ โโโโโโ month (1 - 12)
โ โ โ โโโโโโโโโโโ day of month (1 - 31)
โ โ โโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโ hour (0 - 23)
โ โโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโ minute (0 - 59)
โโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโ second (0 - 59, OPTIONAL)
How to view current configuration of the above values ?
After having installed the module, you have to type :
pm2 conf
How to set these values ?
After having installed the module you have to type :
pm2 set pm2-logrotate:<param> <value>
e.g:
pm2 set pm2-logrotate:max_size 1K
(1KB)pm2 set pm2-logrotate:compress true
(compress logs when rotated)pm2 set pm2-logrotate:rotateInterval '*/1 * * * *'
(force rotate every minute)