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1. Open a terminal session to your Opmantek server
2. Find the location of your mongod.log file. This can be done by cat /etc/mongod.conf  you will find the log location under the systemLog section. Copy the full path and paste it in a notepad for later.
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3. Making your logrotate mongod file: (**Note this is the default we ship with in our VM. Depending on your company standards it may need edits)

   1. vi /etc/logrotate.d/mongod.conf

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      language bash title /etc/logrotate.d/mongod.conf
      # Replace /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log with your log location (step 1) if different /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log { weekly maxsize 500M rotate 50 missingok compress delaycompress notifempty create 640 mongod mongod sharedscripts postrotate kill -SIGUSR1 $(pidof mongod) >/dev/null 2>&1||: endscript }

      
      

   2. Save and quit
4. Check permissions and ownership of the new conf file: ls -al /etc/logrotate.d/
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5. Testing your new logrotate: logrotate --debug /etc/logrotate.d/mongod.log
   1. Any errors you have will appear in your output.

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