roles/logrotate/handlers/main.yml

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+---
+- name: reload logrotate
+  service:
+    name: logrotate
+    state: reloaded

roles/logrotate/tasks/main.yml

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+---
+# Install and configure logrotate
+
+# Install the apt package
+name: Install logrotate
+apt:
+  name:
+    - logrotate
+
+# Copy the configuration and reload the service if it has changed
+- name: Configure logrotate
+  template:
+    src: logrotate.d/rsyslog.j2
+    dst: /etc/logrotate.d/rsyslog
+    owner: root
+    groupe: root
+    mode: "0644"
+    notify: restart logrotate
+
+# Make sure the service is enabled and started
+- name: Enable logrotate service
+  service:
+    name: logrotate
+    enabled: true
+    state: started

roles/logrotate/templates/logrotate.d/rsyslog.j2

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+/var/log/syslog
+{
+	rotate 7
+	daily
+	missingok
+	notifempty
+	delaycompress
+	compress
+	postrotate
+		/usr/lib/rsyslog/rsyslog-rotate
+	endscript
+}
+
+/var/log/mail.info
+/var/log/mail.warn
+/var/log/mail.err
+/var/log/mail.log
+/var/log/daemon.log
+/var/log/kern.log
+/var/log/auth.log
+/var/log/user.log
+/var/log/lpr.log
+/var/log/cron.log
+/var/log/debug
+/var/log/messages
+{
+	rotate 1
+	daily
+	missingok
+	notifempty
+	compress
+	delaycompress
+	sharedscripts
+	postrotate
+		/usr/lib/rsyslog/rsyslog-rotate
+	endscript
+}