[Bug 1921425] Re: rabbitmq-server logrotate issue

Launchpad Bug Tracker 1921425 at bugs.launchpad.net
Thu Apr 1 21:25:15 UTC 2021


This bug was fixed in the package rabbitmq-server - 3.8.9-2

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rabbitmq-server (3.8.9-2) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Do not use the /usr/sbin/rabbitmq-server wrapper in systemd service file
    (Closes: #947873).
  * Use logrotate daily instead of weekly, and do not override the number of
    logs, so we don't keep too much of them.
  * Do not use a sharedscripts, as rabbitmq-server detects the log rotation
    by itself (LP: #1921425).

 -- Thomas Goirand <zigo at debian.org>  Fri, 26 Mar 2021 14:24:52 +0100

** Changed in: rabbitmq-server (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => Fix Released

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Title:
  rabbitmq-server logrotate issue

Status in rabbitmq-server package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in rabbitmq-server package in Debian:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Tested with rabbitmq-server 3.8.2-0ubuntu1.1 (focal)

  The postrotate script (`/etc/init.d/rabbitmq-server rotate-logs`) also invokes a log rotation, which conflicts with logrotate itself.
  It was working as expected on Xenial, but it became a problem on Focal and RabbitMQ 3.8 (see the tests below).

  Hence, these lines should be removed from the logrotate config:

          sharedscripts
          postrotate
              /etc/init.d/rabbitmq-server rotate-logs > /dev/null
          endscript

  It seems the daemon detects itself the log rotation, no postrotate
  command needed.

  Tested with Vagrant (VirtualBox) and a fresh install on each run.

  Clock syncing needs to be disabled with:

      v.customize ["setextradata", :id,
  "VBoxInternal/Devices/VMMDev/0/Config/GetHostTimeDisabled", "1"]

  
  Test #1, current config (not expected, double log rotation)

      vagrant at ubuntu-focal:~$ cat /etc/logrotate.d/rabbitmq-server
      /var/log/rabbitmq/*.log {
              weekly
              missingok
              rotate 20
              compress
              delaycompress
              notifempty
              sharedscripts
              postrotate
                  /etc/init.d/rabbitmq-server rotate-logs > /dev/null
              endscript
      }
      vagrant at ubuntu-focal:~$ date ; ls -l /var/log/rabbitmq/
      Thu Mar 25 18:25:49 UTC 2021
      total 32
      drwxr-x--- 2 rabbitmq rabbitmq  4096 Mar 25 18:25 log
      -rw-r----- 1 rabbitmq rabbitmq 16216 Mar 25 18:25 rabbit at ubuntu-focal.log
      -rw-r----- 1 rabbitmq rabbitmq    66 Mar 25 18:25 rabbit at ubuntu-focal_upgrade.log
      -rw-r----- 1 rabbitmq rabbitmq    61 Mar 25 18:25 startup_err
      -rw-r----- 1 rabbitmq rabbitmq   573 Mar 25 18:25 startup_log
      vagrant at ubuntu-focal:~$ sudo date --utc 04032358
      Sat Apr  3 23:58:00 UTC 2021
      vagrant at ubuntu-focal:~$ sleep 180 ; date ; ls -l /var/log/rabbitmq/
      Sun Apr  4 00:01:18 UTC 2021
      total 48
      drwxr-x--- 2 rabbitmq rabbitmq  4096 Mar 25 18:25 log
      -rw-r----- 1 rabbitmq rabbitmq    82 Apr  4 00:00 rabbit at ubuntu-focal.log
      -rw-r----- 1 rabbitmq rabbitmq    66 Apr  4 00:00 rabbit at ubuntu-focal.log.0
      -rw-r----- 1 rabbitmq rabbitmq 16216 Mar 25 18:25 rabbit at ubuntu-focal.log.2
      -rw-r----- 1 rabbitmq rabbitmq    82 Apr  4 00:00 rabbit at ubuntu-focal_upgrade.log
      -rw-r----- 1 rabbitmq rabbitmq    66 Apr  4 00:00 rabbit at ubuntu-focal_upgrade.log.0
      -rw-r----- 1 rabbitmq rabbitmq    66 Mar 25 18:25 rabbit at ubuntu-focal_upgrade.log.2
      -rw-r----- 1 rabbitmq rabbitmq    61 Mar 25 18:25 startup_err
      -rw-r----- 1 rabbitmq rabbitmq   573 Mar 25 18:25 startup_log

      vagrant at ubuntu-focal:~$ sudo tail /var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit at ubuntu-focal.log.2
      2021-03-25 18:25:37.453 [info] <0.267.0> Setting up a table for per-vhost connection counting on this node: 'tracked_connection_per_vhost_on_node_rabbit at ubuntu-focal'
      2021-03-25 18:25:37.454 [info] <0.267.0> Running boot step routing_ready defined by app rabbit
      2021-03-25 18:25:37.454 [info] <0.267.0> Running boot step pre_flight defined by app rabbit
      2021-03-25 18:25:37.454 [info] <0.267.0> Running boot step notify_cluster defined by app rabbit
      2021-03-25 18:25:37.454 [info] <0.267.0> Running boot step networking defined by app rabbit
      2021-03-25 18:25:37.457 [info] <0.597.0> started TCP listener on [::]:5672
      2021-03-25 18:25:37.460 [info] <0.267.0> Running boot step cluster_name defined by app rabbit
      2021-03-25 18:25:37.460 [info] <0.267.0> Running boot step direct_client defined by app rabbit
      2021-03-25 18:25:37.554 [notice] <0.104.0> Changed loghwm of /var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit at ubuntu-focal.log to 50
      2021-03-25 18:25:38.045 [info] <0.8.0> Server startup complete; 0 plugins started.

      vagrant at ubuntu-focal:~$ sudo cat /var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit at ubuntu-focal.log.0
      2021-04-04 00:00:03.036 [info] <0.748.0> Log file rotation forced

      vagrant at ubuntu-focal:~$ sudo cat /var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit at ubuntu-focal.log
      2021-04-04 00:00:03.036 [info] <0.748.0> Log file re-opened after forced rotation

  
  Test #2, no postrotate script (expected, single log rotation)

      vagrant at ubuntu-focal:~$ cat /etc/logrotate.d/rabbitmq-server
      /var/log/rabbitmq/*.log {
              weekly
              missingok
              rotate 20
              compress
              delaycompress
              notifempty
      }
      vagrant at ubuntu-focal:~$ date ; ls -l /var/log/rabbitmq/
      Thu Mar 25 18:37:39 UTC 2021
      total 32
      drwxr-x--- 2 rabbitmq rabbitmq  4096 Mar 25 18:37 log
      -rw-r----- 1 rabbitmq rabbitmq 16216 Mar 25 18:37 rabbit at ubuntu-focal.log
      -rw-r----- 1 rabbitmq rabbitmq    66 Mar 25 18:37 rabbit at ubuntu-focal_upgrade.log
      -rw-r----- 1 rabbitmq rabbitmq    61 Mar 25 18:37 startup_err
      -rw-r----- 1 rabbitmq rabbitmq   573 Mar 25 18:37 startup_log
      vagrant at ubuntu-focal:~$ sudo date --utc 04032358
      Sat Apr  3 23:58:00 UTC 2021
      vagrant at ubuntu-focal:~$ sleep 180 ; date ; ls -l /var/log/rabbitmq/
      Sun Apr  4 00:01:05 UTC 2021
      total 32
      drwxr-x--- 2 rabbitmq rabbitmq  4096 Mar 25 18:37 log
      -rw-r----- 1 rabbitmq rabbitmq     0 Apr  4 00:00 rabbit at ubuntu-focal.log
      -rw-r----- 1 rabbitmq rabbitmq 16216 Mar 25 18:37 rabbit at ubuntu-focal.log.1
      -rw-r----- 1 rabbitmq rabbitmq     0 Apr  4 00:00 rabbit at ubuntu-focal_upgrade.log
      -rw-r----- 1 rabbitmq rabbitmq    66 Mar 25 18:37 rabbit at ubuntu-focal_upgrade.log.1
      -rw-r----- 1 rabbitmq rabbitmq    61 Mar 25 18:37 startup_err
      -rw-r----- 1 rabbitmq rabbitmq   573 Mar 25 18:37 startup_log

      vagrant at ubuntu-focal:~$ sudo tail /var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit at ubuntu-focal.log.1
      2021-03-25 18:37:06.863 [info] <0.267.0> Setting up a table for per-vhost connection counting on this node: 'tracked_connection_per_vhost_on_node_rabbit at ubuntu-focal'
      2021-03-25 18:37:06.864 [info] <0.267.0> Running boot step routing_ready defined by app rabbit
      2021-03-25 18:37:06.864 [info] <0.267.0> Running boot step pre_flight defined by app rabbit
      2021-03-25 18:37:06.864 [info] <0.267.0> Running boot step notify_cluster defined by app rabbit
      2021-03-25 18:37:06.864 [info] <0.267.0> Running boot step networking defined by app rabbit
      2021-03-25 18:37:06.868 [info] <0.597.0> started TCP listener on [::]:5672
      2021-03-25 18:37:06.869 [info] <0.267.0> Running boot step cluster_name defined by app rabbit
      2021-03-25 18:37:06.869 [info] <0.267.0> Running boot step direct_client defined by app rabbit
      2021-03-25 18:37:06.956 [notice] <0.104.0> Changed loghwm of /var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit at ubuntu-focal.log to 50
      2021-03-25 18:37:07.529 [info] <0.8.0> Server startup complete; 0 plugins started.

      # rabbit at ubuntu-focal.log is empty

  
  Test #3, flooding logs to confirm the server catches the log rotation

      # Similar to test #2, but running `while true; do date; sudo
  rabbitmqctl set_log_level debug; sleep 0.2; sudo rabbitmqctl
  set_log_level info; sleep 0.2; done` in the background

      vagrant at ubuntu-focal:/var/log/rabbitmq$ sudo tail rabbit at ubuntu-focal.log.1
      2021-04-03 23:59:57.544 [notice] <0.146.0> Changed loghwm of /var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit at ubuntu-focal_upgrade.log to 5000
      2021-04-03 23:59:57.544 [notice] <0.146.0> Changed loglevel of /var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit at ubuntu-focal_upgrade.log to debug
      2021-04-03 23:59:58.795 [notice] <0.104.0> Changed loghwm of /var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit at ubuntu-focal.log to 50
      2021-04-03 23:59:58.795 [notice] <0.104.0> Changed loglevel of /var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit at ubuntu-focal.log to info
      2021-04-03 23:59:58.796 [notice] <0.146.0> Changed loghwm of /var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit at ubuntu-focal_upgrade.log to 50
      2021-04-03 23:59:58.796 [notice] <0.146.0> Changed loglevel of /var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit at ubuntu-focal_upgrade.log to info
      2021-04-04 00:00:00.119 [notice] <0.104.0> Changed loghwm of /var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit at ubuntu-focal.log to 5000
      2021-04-04 00:00:00.120 [notice] <0.104.0> Changed loglevel of /var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit at ubuntu-focal.log to debug
      2021-04-04 00:00:00.121 [notice] <0.146.0> Changed loghwm of /var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit at ubuntu-focal_upgrade.log to 5000
      2021-04-04 00:00:00.121 [notice] <0.146.0> Changed loglevel of /var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit at ubuntu-focal_upgrade.log to debug
      
      vagrant at ubuntu-focal:/var/log/rabbitmq$ sudo head rabbit at ubuntu-focal.log
      2021-04-04 00:00:01.317 [notice] <0.104.0> Changed loghwm of /var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit at ubuntu-focal.log to 50
      2021-04-04 00:00:01.320 [notice] <0.104.0> Changed loglevel of /var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit at ubuntu-focal.log to info
      2021-04-04 00:00:01.321 [notice] <0.146.0> Changed loghwm of /var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit at ubuntu-focal_upgrade.log to 50
      2021-04-04 00:00:01.322 [notice] <0.146.0> Changed loglevel of /var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit at ubuntu-focal_upgrade.log to info
      2021-04-04 00:00:02.938 [notice] <0.104.0> Changed loghwm of /var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit at ubuntu-focal.log to 5000
      2021-04-04 00:00:02.939 [notice] <0.104.0> Changed loglevel of /var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit at ubuntu-focal.log to debug
      2021-04-04 00:00:02.939 [notice] <0.146.0> Changed loghwm of /var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit at ubuntu-focal_upgrade.log to 5000
      2021-04-04 00:00:02.940 [notice] <0.146.0> Changed loglevel of /var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit at ubuntu-focal_upgrade.log to debug
      2021-04-04 00:00:04.489 [notice] <0.104.0> Changed loghwm of /var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit at ubuntu-focal.log to 50
      2021-04-04 00:00:04.489 [notice] <0.104.0> Changed loglevel of /var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit at ubuntu-focal.log to info

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