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Lesson 19 - Logging

Commands

Lastlog​-​ when they last logged in: last login date time
Lastb ​- Contains failed login attempts.
tail -f​ or ​tailf​ and ​watch​ - Monitor logs in real time

Directories

/var/log​ - ​Where logs are stored


/etc/logrotate.d​ - Contains application-specific configuration files and log settings
/var/log/secure​ - security and authentication logins/messages

Syslog -System logs


Rsyslog- Analyzes log messages according to a pattern and extracts variables from
them

Configuration files

/etc/logrotate.conf ​- Log rotation configuration for all the log files are specified in
this file
/etc/rsyslog.conf - ​Specifies rules for logging

Facility - ​Determines where the message is coming from in the configuration file
Priority -​Level of importance in syslog messages

Hands-on

How to generate log files from /etc/rsyslog.conf

1. Vim /etc/rsyslog.conf
- daemon.* /var/log/daemonlogs
- :wq
2. systemctl restart rsyslog
3. Cat /var/log/daemonlogs
4. logger -p daemon.err "This is err daemon test message"
5. Cat /var/log/daemonlongs
How to generate file in /etc/logrotate.d

1.cd /etc/logrotate.d/
2. Vim linuxcareer
- Edit file like below
/var/log/linuxcareer.log {
missingok
notifempty
maxsize 100M
weekly
dateext
rotate 4
create 0600 root root
}
-:wq
3. echo "I got a new job offer" > /var/log/linuxcareer.log
4. systemctl restart rsyslog
5. logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.conf
6. Cat /var/log/linuxcareer.log

General info
Directories
Commands
Configuration files
Hands-on

Lesson 20 -Archiving

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