logrotate role to compress rotated files
CR: https://jira.apps.monash.edu/browse/HCM-82
tested on massive004(entos) and massive002(Ubuntu) via
sudo logrotate --force /etc/logrotate.d/syslog
sudo logrotate --force /etc/logrotate.conf
before:
-rw------- 1 root root 0 Jul 25 03:25 messages
-rw-------. 1 root root 3247768 Jul 19 15:22 messages-20210719
-rw------- 1 root root 0 Jul 19 16:42 messages-20210725
after:
-rw------- 1 root root 0 Jul 26 12:24 messages
-rw-------. 1 root root 3247768 Jul 19 15:22 messages-20210719
-rw------- 1 root root 0 Jul 19 16:42 messages-20210725
-rw------- 1 root root 20 Jul 25 03:25 messages-20210726.gz
Edited by Andreas Hamacher