Re: Question about potential consequence of patch to rotate Suricata logs daily.

[Adolf Belka <adolf.belka@ipfire.org>]

Hi Bernhard,

Thanks for the clarification. So my worries were unfounded, good to know.

Regards,

Adolf.

On 21/04/2026 19:05, Bernhard Bitsch wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> the IPS graphs are generated from the iptables collectd samplings.
> They are independent from the log files.
> The log section of the WUI isn't touched, also. It depends on /var/log/suricata/{fast|alert}.log only.
> 
> BR,
> Bernhard
> 
> Am 21.04.2026 um 18:20 schrieb Adolf Belka:
>> Hi Michael,
>>
>> I saw that patch
>>
>> https://git.ipfire.org/? p=ipfire-2.x.git;a=commit;h=30ccb9ed80ee3ad70403794da4c937fd183b9bd8
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>> had been created.
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>> It seems to me that this change will mean that there will only ever be 52 days worth of logs for Suricata. The global value for rotate is 52 which is intended to give a tear's worth of data for the various graphs.
>>
>> With the Suricata logs being rotated daily and with the same global rotate value ( there is no modified rotate value for the Suricata section) then there will only ever be 52 days worth of Suricata Logs. This will mean that the Suricata throughput graph will only show about 7 weeks worth of data when the Year option is selected.
>>
>> Was this the intent?
>>
>> If not then there probably needs to be a rotate entry in the Suricata section with rotate 393 to give a year's worth of data but then that will put back the same amount of logs for people who have very small disk drives.
>>
>> If yes then maybe the Year option on the Suricata graph should be removed or changed to 7 weeks as the 52 days would then be around 7.5 weeks of data available.
>>
>> It could also be that I am not familiar enough with the rotate package and therefore my concerns are not valid. So I am open to getting clarification.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Adolf.
>>
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