Bash script to backup essential log files of Linux Server
Here’s small bash script to backup important log files from a server to a backup server. You should customize it per your environment. I’ve deployed this script in some hosts and its working fine for me but I’m not making any guarantee that this will work for you as well.
Task: Two most imporant log files in any Redhat based distro is /var/log/secure and /var/log/messages. These are basic log files and there are more log files when your server perform additional roles such as a database server, web server, mail server etc. You can look log files of other installed softwares also and add them in this script to backup them. I have a separate backup server where I want to transfer my log files after compressing them. You can transfer them in some location in case you dont have a separate backup host or environment.