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OK, let's wait for Andy's comment on the SIGHUP issue and then we will decide... Lukasz PS. I have a day off tomorrow. 2011/5/12 Doug Benjamin <[log in to unmask]>: > Hi Lukasz, > > I am using (I made the initial request to OSG) -k 7 at Duke. One week is long enough. > > Doug > > On May 12, 2011, at 7:20 AM, Lukasz Janyst wrote: > >> What do you think would be the best value for the parameter? >> >> Lukasz >> >> 2011/5/12 Lukasz Janyst <[log in to unmask]>: >>> Yes. >>> >>> L. >>> >>> 2011/5/12 Tanya Levshina <[log in to unmask]>: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> If xroot daemons can not handle SIGHUP correctly, can we add "-k" option to this release and deal with log rotate later? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Tanya >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: Lukasz Janyst <[log in to unmask]> >>>> Date: Thursday, May 12, 2011 8:05 am >>>> Subject: Re: XRootD tag and RPMs >>>> To: Brian Bockelman <[log in to unmask]> >>>> Cc: Doug Benjamin <[log in to unmask]>, Tanya Levshina <[log in to unmask]>, Douglas Strain <[log in to unmask]>, xrootd-dev <[log in to unmask]> >>>> >>>>> The copytruncate option seems to be the way to handle it if the >>>>> service cannot be SIGHUPed. >>>>> >>>>> Lukasz >>>>> >>>>> 2011/5/12 Brian Bockelman <[log in to unmask]>: >>>>>> I think the way of doing this is to set up the logrotate.d file such >>>>> that logrotate will: >>>>>> 0) Compress older logs. >>>>>> 1) Rotate the file. >>>>>> 2) Create a new file owned by xrootd. >>>>>> 3) Send SIGHUP to Xrootd. >>>>>> 4) Xrootd daemon signal handler closes the old file handle and opens >>>>> the new one. >>>>>> >>>>>> Lukasz is right - this is how a seasoned sysadmin expects to >>>>> approach log-rotation; it would be nice to support it. We might need >>>>> to add a new signal handler to xrootd if it doesn't do it already. >>>>>> >>>>>> HOWEVER - if we're going to muck around in this aspect (it might be >>>>> too late for this release), we might as well ask for syslog support. >>>>> I'm getting noise from some of our admins about it - some sites have >>>>> highly centralized syslog setups. >>>>>> >>>>>> Brian >>>>>> >>>>>> On May 12, 2011, at 2:26 PM, Lukasz Janyst wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Doug, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> good question. Probably not. I will check. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>> Lukasz >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2011/5/12 Doug Benjamin <[log in to unmask]>: >>>>>>>> Dear Lukasz, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I agree that using the linux standard logrotator tool is the >>>>> best way to go. >>>>>>>> Does log rotator require xrootd to start and stop so that the >>>>> pointers to the files >>>>>>>> are disconnected during the rotation. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Doug >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On May 12, 2011, at 2:48 AM, Lukasz Janyst wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi Tanya, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> we will cut the second rc after we do some testing with this one. >>>>>>>>> Your request raises a more general question of how we should handle >>>>>>>>> the log rotation. Specifying it as a parameter for xrootd in the >>>>>>>>> sysconfig file has an advantage of keeping all the settings together >>>>>>>>> but I would argue that we should use the standard logrotator (man >>>>> 8 >>>>>>>>> logrotate) of Linux as it is far more flexible and is widely >>>>>>>>> considered as "the" tool for this sort of job which is what most >>>>>>>>> admins would probably expect. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Let me know what you think. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>>>> Lukasz >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> 2011/5/12 Tanya Levshina <[log in to unmask]>: >>>>>>>>>> Hi Lukasz, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Sorry, but I just have noticed that [-k NUM] option is still >>>>> missing from /etc/sysconfig/xrootd configuration. This option controls >>>>> the number of days the log files will be kept. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Could you please add this and cut a new rc? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Thanks a lot, >>>>>>>>>> Tanya >>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>>>>>> From: Lukasz Janyst <[log in to unmask]> >>>>>>>>>> Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 11:58 am >>>>>>>>>> Subject: XRootD tag and RPMs >>>>>>>>>> To: xrootd-dev <[log in to unmask]>, Doug Benjamin >>>>> <[log in to unmask]>, Tanya Levshina <[log in to unmask]>, Douglas >>>>> Strain <[log in to unmask]> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Dear all, >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> I have made a rc1 tag and built the RPMs which you can >>>>> access here: >>>>>>>>>>> http://xrootd.cern.ch/sw/releases/3.0.4-rc1/ >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>>>>>> Lukasz >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>> > >