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/var/log/mikrotik/mikrotik.*.log
{
        rotate 2
        daily
        compress
        missingok
        notifempty
        postrotate
                invoke-rc.d syslog-ng reload > /dev/null
        endscript
}

# see "man logrotate" for details
# rotate log files weekly
daily

# keep 4 weeks worth of backlogs
rotate 2

# create new (empty) log files after rotating old ones
#create

# uncomment this if you want your log files compressed
compress

# packages drop log rotation information into this directory
include /etc/logrotate.d

# no packages own wtmp, or btmp -- we'll rotate them here
/var/log/wtmp {
    missingok
    monthly
    create 0664 root utmp
    rotate 1
}

/var/log/btmp {
    missingok
    monthly
    create 0660 root utmp
    rotate 1
}

# system-specific logs may be configured here

@include "scl.conf"

# Syslog-ng configuration file, compatible with default Debian syslogd
# installation.

# First, set some global options.
options { chain_hostnames(off); flush_lines(0); use_dns(no); use_fqdn(no);
          owner("root"); group("adm"); perm(0644); stats_freq(0);
          bad_hostname("^gconfd$");
};

# Accept connection on UDP
source s_net { udp (); };

# MIKROTIK ###########
# Add Filter to add our mikroti
filter f_mikrotik { host( "192.168.88.1" ); };
# Add destination file where logs will be stored
#destination df_mikrotik { file("/home/pi/files/mikrotik.log"); };
log { source ( s_net ); filter( f_mikrotik ); destination ( df_mikrotik ); };
destination df_mikrotik {
file("/var/log/mikrotik/mikrotik.${YEAR}.${MONTH}.${DAY}.log"
template-escape(no));
};

########################
# Sources
########################
# This is the default behavior of sysklogd package
# Logs may come from unix stream, but not from another machine.
#
source s_src {
       system();
       internal();
};

man logrotate