Let the auto-archive cron job write its log file to /var/log/piwik/archive.log

[matomo-org]

Let the auto-archive cron job write its log file to /var/log/piwik/archive.log

[aureq]

Hi @nicwortel,

This has been fixed. I've also included a logrotate file so system administrator may keep and rotate the logs to their liking. The dependency on logrotate is "Recommended" but not compulsory though.

[aureq]

This is now available in 2.10.0 for debian/ubuntu. Thanks

[nicwortel]

Hi @aureq,

Thanks for the update! However, have you tested this? In my case (Ubuntu server where I just updated to Piwik 2.10), the logs can not be saved because the user www-data has no write access to the /var/log/piwik directory (owned by root).

Should the ownership of the /var/log/piwik directory be changed to www-data, or should the crontab be executed as root?

I previously ran the crontab as root but since the default cron file that comes with piwik contains 'www-data' as user, I wonder what the preferred solution is.

[aureq]

@nicwortel You're correct, the folder ownership should be www-data for sure. Feel free to update the permission, I will amend the package tomorrow and will also check the logrotate rule as well.

[aureq]

Hi @nicwortel I just pushed a new release (2.10.0-2) which addresses permission issue as you reported. Do you mind to have a look please ?

[aureq]

I just deployed 2.10.0-2 in production and it's fine permission wise.