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Enable logrotate Timer

An XCCDF Rule

Description

The logrotate timer can be enabled with the following command: 
$ sudo systemctl enable logrotate.timer

Rationale

Log files that are not properly rotated run the risk of growing so large that they fill up the /var/log partition. Valuable logging information could be lost if the /var/log partition becomes full.

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_timer_logrotate_enabled
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Shell Script

# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if rpm --quiet -q kernel-default && { rpm --quiet -q logrotate; }; then
SYSTEMCTL_EXEC='/usr/bin/systemctl'
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" start 'logrotate.timer'
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" enable 'logrotate.timer'

An Ansible Snippet

- name: Gather the package facts
  package_facts:
    manager: auto
  tags:
  - CCE-92401-9
  - NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)