Ansible collection: foundata.logrotate

This repository contains the foundata.logrotate Ansible Collection.

It provides resources to manage logrotate, a utility is designed to simplify the administration of log files on a system which generates a lot of log files.

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Table of contents

• Included content
• Dependencies
• Licensing, copyright
• Author information

Included content

Role: foundata.logrotate.run

The primary role in this collection to configure and maintain logrotate, including rotation policies, schedules,compression, and related settings. Its README.md covers configuration, usage examples, and more:

• Ansible role: foundata.logrotate.run
  • Table of contents
  • Features
  • Example playbooks, using this role
  • Supported tags
  • Role variables
    • run_logrotate_state
    • run_logrotate_autoupgrade
    • run_logrotate_service_state
    • run_logrotate_config_defaults
    • run_logrotate_config_defaults_dropin_file_name
    • run_logrotate_config_sections
    • run_logrotate_timer_manage
    • run_logrotate_timer_settings
  • Dependencies
  • Compatibility
  • External requirements

Dependencies

See dependencies in galaxy.yml.

Licensing, copyright

Copyright (c) 2026 foundata GmbH

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later (SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later), see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt for the full text.

The REUSE.toml file provides detailed licensing and copyright information in a human- and machine-readable format. This includes parts that may be subject to different licensing or usage terms, such as third-party components. The repository conforms to the REUSE specification. You can use reuse spdx to create a SPDX software bill of materials (SBOM).

Author information

This project was created and is maintained by foundata GmbH.

Initially based on an Ansible skeleton developed by foundata.