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This package makes log file rotation easier by automatically managing and organizing Laravel logs based on time and file size, retaining only the most recent logs (e.g., 12 months) and discarding older logs. This solution is ideal for applications that generate high volumes of logs, providing efficient log management and preventing excessive disk usage over time.

Benefits

• Rotates your log files based on date (monthly) or file size (size-based rotation).
• Retains logs for a configurable number of months (default: 12 months), which can be modified through the configuration file.
• Automatically deletes old logs after the configured retention period, freeing up disk space.
• Supports both compressed (.gz) and uncompressed log files.
• Helps prevent large log files from consuming excessive disk space during high-traffic periods.

Installation

Install the package via Composer:

composer require alkhatibdev/logrotation

Configuration & Advanced Customization

You can configure the log rotation behavior either via your .env file or programmatically using the LogRotator class.

Using .env file

Set the following variables in your .env file:

# Number of months to retain logs (default: 12)
LOG_ROTATION_MAX_MONTHS=12

# Maximum file size (in KB) for size-based rotation (optional, default: null, no size-based rotation)
LOG_ROTATION_MAX_SIZE_KB=10240

# Enable or disable compression for archived logs (optional, default: true)
LOG_ROTATION_COMPRESS=true

• LOG_ROTATION_MAX_MONTHS: How many months of logs to keep before deletion.
• LOG_ROTATION_MAX_SIZE_KB: The size threshold for size-based rotation. When the log file exceeds this, a size-based archive is created.
• LOG_ROTATION_COMPRESS: Whether the archived logs should be compressed (.gz) or kept uncompressed (.log).

Note: You can still publish the configuration file if you want to override defaults or use dynamic configuration:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=logrotation

Programmatic Customization

You can fully customize log rotation by using the LogRotator class:

use AlkhatibDev\LogRotation\LogRotator;

LogRotator::make()
    // Set a custom log file path (default: storage/logs/laravel.log)
    ->setLogFile(storage_path('logs/custom.log'))
    
    // Set the maximum number of months to retain logs (default: 12)
    ->setMaxMonths(12)
    
    // Set the maximum file size in KB for size-based rotation (optional) (default: null, no size-based rotation)
    ->setMaxSize(10240) // 10 MB
    
    // Enable or disable compression for archived logs (.gz) (default: true)
    ->setCompression(true)
    
    // Perform the rotation immediately
    ->rotate();

This merged approach allows you to configure the package using .env for most cases or fine-tune behavior programmatically when needed.

Usage

Log Rotation Scheduling

You can schedule log rotation in routes/console.php:

Artisan::command('logrotation:rotate', function () {
    app('logrotator')->rotate();
})->daily();

Or for Laravel 10.x and below, in app/Console/Kernel.php:

protected function schedule(Schedule $schedule)
{
    $schedule->call(function () {
        app('logrotator')->rotate();
    })->daily();
}

How it works:

• Scheduling daily ensures size-based rotation works properly, rotating large log files as soon as they exceed the configured size.
• Monthly rotation will still run only once per month — if the current month has already been rotated, it will be ignored until the next month.
• Optional: If you don’t want to enable size-based rotation, you can run the command monthly() instead. This will rotate logs only once per month based on time, ignoring size increasing during the month.

Monthly Log Archives

The rotation creates a timestamped archive for the current file:

file-YYYY-MM-monthly.log
file-YYYY-MM-monthly.log.gz (if compression is enabled)

Size-Based Log Rotation

The package now supports automatic rotation when the log file exceeds a specified size. This is useful for high-traffic applications where a single month’s log may grow too large.

The rotation creates a timestamped archive for the current file:

file-YYYY-MM_DD-HH-MM-SS-size.log
file-YYYY-MM_DD-HH-MM-SS-size.log.gz (if compression is enabled)

Size-based logs are also subject to month-based retention and will be deleted if their month is older than the configured max_months.

Support

If you encounter any issues or have feature requests, feel free to open an issue on GitHub.

License

This package is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.