Plesk system logs are not being rotated in Almalinux

[senthil]

Symptoms

• System logs are not being rotated:
  
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  -rw-r----- 1 psaadm psaadm 1.5G Jan 25 18:18 /var/lib/plesk/task-
manager/runtime/12982/12982/stderr.txt
-rw-r----- 1 psaadm psaadm 1.5G Jan 25 14:18 /var/lib/plesk/task-
manager/runtime/12954/12954/stderr.txt
-rw-r----- 1 psaadm psaadm 1.5G Jan 26 07:19 /var/lib/plesk/task-
manager/runtime/13111/13111/stderr.txt
-rw-r----- 1 psaadm psaadm 1.5G Jan 26 11:19 /var/lib/plesk/task-
manager/runtime/13141/13141/stderr.txt
-rw------- 1 root root 178M Jan 26 13:12 /var/log/plesk-php83-fpm/error.log
-rw-r----- 1 psaadm root 125G Jan 26 13:13 /var/log/plesk/panel.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 485M Jan 26 13:12 /var/log/plesk/httpsd_access_log
• Logrotate system package is not installed:
  
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  # yum list installed |grep logrotate
psa-logrotate.x86_64 3.22.0-2.redhat.9+p18.0.64.0+t240819.0541 @PLESK_18_0_65-dist
• Server is using Almalinux/CentOS

Cause
Logrotate system package is not installed

Resolution
Install logrotate system package:

• Connect to the Plesk server via SSH.
• Execute command:
  
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  yum install logrotate
Last metadata expiration check: 2:39:22 ago on Sun 26 Jan 2025 05:41:20 PM CET.
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Architecture Version Repository Size
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Installing:
logrotate x86_64 3.18.0-8.el9 baseos 74 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 1 Package
Total download size: 74 k
Installed size: 153 k
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
logrotate-3.18.0-8.el9.x86_64.rpm 2.6 MB/s | 74 kB 00:00
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Total 191 kB/s | 74 kB 00:00
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Running scriptlet: logrotate-3.18.0-8.el9.x86_64 1/1
Installing : logrotate-3.18.0-8.el9.x86_64 1/1
Running scriptlet: logrotate-3.18.0-8.el9.x86_64 1/1
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/timers.target.wants/logrotate.timer →
/usr/lib/systemd/system/logrotate.timer.
Verifying : logrotate-3.18.0-8.el9.x86_64 1/1
Installed:
logrotate-3.18.0-8.el9.x86_64
Complete!