Windows: Rotating the log file

[Erik Dobák]

On Wed, 13 Jan 2021 at 17:57, RayG via Unbound-users <
unbound-users at lists.nlnetlabs.nl> wrote:

> Hi Jaap
>
> So who in NLnetlabs works on Windows?
>
> Someone must know how the offering for windows works, it is a downloadable
> offering on your website and works well from what I have seen.
>
> RayG
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jaap Akkerhuis <jaap at NLnetLabs.nl>
> Sent: 13 January 2021 15:28
> To: RayG <rgsub1 at btinternet.com>
> Cc: unbound-users at lists.nlnetlabs.nl
> Subject: Re: Windows: Rotating the log file
>
>  "RayG" writes:
>
>  > Having installed a syslog server on my system and as far as I can tell
> its working in itself. What I cannot find out is where unbound it trying to
> send messages to. At this point in time it would appear to be the event log
> which is not what I was expecting use_syslog I would have expected it to go
> to the local system UDP/TCP on port 514 but that does not seem to be
> happening.
>  >
>  > It is not at all helpful to clutter up the eventlog Administrative
> events with a whole load of unbound error messages (these come from
> "REFUSED" lookups.
>
> So that apparently listens to port 514.
>  >
>  > Thinking about this further I would perhaps have expected to see some
> form of configuration as to where to send syslog messages but again I have
> found no useful information.
>  >
>  > So I have to say at this time the windows implementation writing to a
> physical file seems to be the best option.
>  >
>  > Perhaps Jaap can shed some light on how syslog is supposed to work on
> windows and what I can do to facilitate rotating log files given that most
> of what I have tried and has been suggested has not resulted in a positive
> outcome.
>  >
>
> No, I cann't. I'm not a Windows user so I wouldn't know. If nobody else on
> this list answers, I suggest you take this to a "how to run windows" list.
> Or just try google.
>
>         jaao
>
>  >
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: Joe Abley <jabley at hopcount.ca>  > Sent: 12 January 2021 16:55  >
> To: RayG <rgsub1 at btinternet.com>  > Cc: unbound-users at lists.nlnetlabs.nl
> > Subject: Re: Windows: Rotating the log file  >  > On 12 Jan 2021, at
> 11:53, RayG via Unbound-users <unbound-users at lists.nlnetlabs.nl> wrote:
>  >
>  > > I took a look at some of those offerings and there does not seem to
> be  > > a "free" one at all. They all want money and at £100 or there
> abouts,  > > that's a bit too much just to get unbound's logging to rotate
> neatly.
>  > >
>  > > I did try and install one and from what I understand, I comment the
> "#  > > logfile:" entry and enable the "use-syslog: yes" and it should all
> > > work. But I had no luck in getting this to function as it should.
>  >
>  > Perhaps consider whether Windows is the best platform to be running
> unbound on?
>  >
>  >
>  > Joe
>  >
>  >
>



> i googled that for you and here they say:
> https://serverfault.com/questions/358172/equivalent-of-logrotate-for-windows
>
install cygwin and run logrotat as you would do on linux. (or i guess you
could use that integrated linux on windows?)
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