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Ensure logrotate is Installed

An XCCDF Rule

Description

logrotate is installed by default. The logrotate package can be installed with the following command:

 $ sudo dnf install logrotate

Rationale

The logrotate package provides the logrotate services.

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_package_logrotate_installed
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - OS Build Blueprint


[[packages]]
name = "logrotate"
version = "*"

Remediation - Ansible

- name: Ensure logrotate is installed
  package:
    name: logrotate
    state: present
  when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
  tags:

Remediation - Puppet

include install_logrotate

class install_logrotate {
  package { 'logrotate':
    ensure => 'installed',
  }