Configuring log rotation for specific types of log files

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This topic describes how to enable and configure file-based log rotation for audit logs and login history logs on the FX appliance. You can rotate these log files at a specified period of time, when they reach a specified file size, or when they take up a specified percentage of disk space. Configuring the criteria for individual file types overwrites the global configuration. For a full list of logging commands and their usage and parameters, see the CLI Command Reference.

Prerequisites
  • Admin access

To enable and configure file-based log rotation:
  1. Go to CLI configuration mode:

    hostname > enable
    hostname # configure terminal
  2. Enable the rotation feature for the specified file type:

    hostname (config) # logging files rotation file-type {audit | login-history} criteria enable
  3. Specify either the frequency or file size at which a new log is created:

    hostname (config) # logging files rotation file-type {audit | login-history} criteria {frequency {daily | monthly | weekly | yearly} | size <megabytes> | size-pct <percentage>}