[Openvpn-users] logrotate

[Bonno B. <b.b...@ti...>]

Hi,

I remember asking this a long time ago and at the time there was no "clean" way to rotate the openvpn log because the process would keep the log open.
I remember that at the time we compromised by doing a copy and truncate trick.

Is there a "proper" way now to use the Linux logrotate feature without the copytruncate option?

There is no default logrotate script in the Debian Linux I use, probably because there is no default openvpn log file.
Becase in my openvpn config I have
  log-append  /var/log/openvpn-user.log 
right now I am using for logrotate:
/var/log/openvpn-user.log {
  rotate 12
  monthly
  copytruncate
  compress
  missingok
  notifempty
}

Is this still the best way to do it?
Using OpenVPN Version: 2.3.4-5+deb8u2 on Debian

Bonno Bloksma