Hello All,

I'm trying to assist a customer with automating log compression.  Currently we use the following to rotate the access logs on a daily basis. 

CustomLog "| bin/rotatelogs.exe Logs/access.log%d-%b-%Y-%H-%M 86400" common

I understand that compression needs to happen outside the IHS config.  I'm now hoping that someone has this automated.  I'm expecting some kind of batch script that invokes a compression tool and then a scheduled task to kick it off.  In this particular case I'm running on a Windows platform.  

What we want then is a way to compress the logs using the following criteria:

1. Create a zip file in an alternate location (on the same physical server)
2. Perform a simple check to select log files based on date
     - either using the modified date OR using the file names
     - example file name -> "access.log17-Sep-2013-00-00"
3. If log file is older then 10 days, append the file into a compressed zip file

I don't mind if the solution is complex if it gives more flexibility - above is really just a starting point to get this discussion moving forward.

Thanks! 


 

Hi Ryan,

  I suggest to look in this forum thread, You will find forfile command, that is very usefull in windows to find files with matching criteria:

  Historical logs for IBM HTTP Server
  www.websphereusergroup.org/go/thread/vie...

  If you have 7-zip (free and opensource)
  www.7-zip.org/
 
  To generate zip file:
 
  7z.exe a %USERPROFILE%\gabi.zip C:\WebSphere8\HTTPServer8\logs\*.log
 
  Then with forfile command find your requiered files, compress them with 7zip and delete.  
 
  forfile
  technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc75...
 
  Put all of then in bat file (f.e) and the schedulle this bat file with Windows Task Scheduller.
 
  Hope this helps.
 
regards

Thank you very much! This is exactly what I was looking for.  I'll try this out.