Retry opening file instead of just crashing

[strk]

With --real-time option I've passed an access.log file which is log-rotated. When rotating happened, this is what I got:

Fatal error has occurred
Error occurred at: src/goaccess.c - perform_tail_follow - 845
Unable to read the specified log file '/var/log/apache2/access.log.1'. No such file or directory

Version is: GoAccess - version 1.7 - Jan 4 2023 18:36:47

Should I use tail -F instead ?

[allinurl]

What does your Logrotate configuration for the Apache logs look like? Feel free to post it here. GoAccess should be able to handle it, but it depends on how Logrotate is managing the logs, whether it's using copytruncate, renaming, etc. Also, consider upgrading to the latest version, as multiple bugs have been fixed since then.

[strk]

This is the logrotate configuration for apache logs:

/var/log/apache2/*.log {
        daily
        missingok
        rotate 14
        compress
        delaycompress
        notifempty
        create 640 root adm
        sharedscripts
        prerotate
                if [ -d /etc/logrotate.d/httpd-prerotate ]; then
                        run-parts /etc/logrotate.d/httpd-prerotate
                fi
        endscript
        postrotate
                if pgrep -f ^/usr/sbin/apache2 > /dev/null; then
                        invoke-rc.d apache2 reload 2>&1 | logger -t apache2.logrotate
                fi
        endscript
}

I have no httpd-prerotate

[allinurl]

Looks like the error happens because the rotated file (access.log.1) either gets compressed or deleted. It could also be a timing issue—logrotate renames the file and creates a new one, but before everything settles, /var/log/apache2/access.log.1.gz appears. Try running a manual rotation to see exactly what's going on.