# ip addr show
2: enp0s3:  mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP qlen 1000
    link/ether 08:00:27:15:38:b7 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 fe80::a00:27ff:fe15:38b7/64 scope link 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

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Introduction

Logrotate is a utility designed for administrators who manage servers producing a high volume of log files to help them save some disk space as well as to avoid a potential risk making a system unresponsive due to the lack of disk space. Normally, a solution to avoid this kind of problem is to setup a separate partition or logical volume for a /var mount point. However, logrotate may also be a viable solution to this problem especially if it is too late to move all logs under different partition. In this article we will talk about usage and configuration of logrotate on RedHat / CentOS Linux server.

What is Logrotate

Logrotate provides an ability for a system administrator to systematically rotate and archive any log files produced by the system and thus reducing a operating system's disk space requirement. By default logrotate is invoked once a day using a cron scheduler from location /etc/cron.daily/

# ls /etc/cron.daily/
cups  logrotate  makewhatis.cron  mlocate.cron  prelink  readahead.cron  rhsmd  tmpwatch

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[root@rhel7 ~]# routel
         target            gateway          source    proto    scope    dev tbl
      10.0.0.0/ 8                        10.1.1.56   kernel     link enp0s3 
       10.0.0.0          broadcast       10.1.1.56   kernel     link enp0s3 local
      10.1.1.56              local       10.1.1.56   kernel     host enp0s3 local
 10.255.255.255          broadcast       10.1.1.56   kernel     link enp0s3 local
      127.0.0.0          broadcast       127.0.0.1   kernel     link     lo local
     127.0.0.0/ 8            local       127.0.0.1   kernel     host     lo local
      127.0.0.1              local       127.0.0.1   kernel     host     lo local
127.255.255.255          broadcast       127.0.0.1   kernel     link     lo local

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ip=10.1.1.56 - optional
netmask=255.0.0.0 - optional
vnc - required

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Introduction

Most of the time as a system administrator you are managing your servers over the network. It is very rare that you will need to have a physical access to any of your managed servers. In most cases all you need is to SSH remotely to do your administration tasks. In this article we will configure a GUI alternative to a remote access to your RHEL server, which is VNC. VNC allows you to open a remote GUI session to your server and thus providing you with a full graphical interface accessible from any remote location.

Installation of VNC server

In order to enable an access to our Redhat Linux system using VNC we first need to install it. Make sure that you have your repository enabled and execute the command:

# yum install tigervnc-server

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