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Requirements

Check the following requirements before installing SEAL Logrotate.

Target Server

Install SEAL Logrotate on the same server as the SEAL Systems product whose log files it processes. For the products using SEAL Logrotate, refer to SEAL Products.

User and Privileges

To install SEAL Logrotate, administrator privileges are required. The installation script runs with sudo.

Hint - user and group

The installation creates the seal user and the seal group if they do not exist yet. logrotate uses them to rotate the log files.

Log Rotation by the Operating System

The logrotate system program of the operating system is installed. SEAL Logrotate provides only a configuration for logrotate. It does not install the program itself.

To check whether logrotate is installed, execute:

rpm -q logrotate

The output shows the installed logrotate package and its version. If logrotate is not installed, install it with the package manager of the operating system.

Next Step

Continue with: Install SEAL Logrotate

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