[Mongrel] Log rotation

[David Vrensk]

On 10/11/06, Dee Zsombor <dee.zsombor at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> David Vrensk wrote:
>
> > Yes, that would be preferrable.  But all logrotate does is (1) rename
> > the log file and (2, optional) send a signal to the application to let
> > it know that the log file has been renamed, and hence, the application
> > should close its file handle and open a new one.  Rails and Mongrel
> > don't answer to a signal with the semantics of (2) AFAIK.
>
> The same code you execute upon deploy to bounce your application servers
> can be used to a similar effect, with no more user noticeable downtime (or
> risk) as simple deployment. Just have to configure  logrotate with a
> custom post rotate hook.


Ah yes.  Unfortunately my app runs on a slow VPS, and the restart time is 30
seconds.  So I really want Rails to behave like the other puppies.

But I guess that I should take the question to the rails list since this
isn't a mongrel issue as such.

Thank you all for your help!

/David
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