Plesk system logs are not being rotated in Almalinux

Symptoms

• System logs are not being rotated:
  

  CONFIG_TEXT: -rw-r----- 1 psaadm psaadm 1.5G Jan 25 18:18 /var/lib/plesk/task-manager/runtime/12982/12982/stderr.txt
  -rw-r----- 1 psaadm psaadm 1.5G Jan 25 14:18 /var/lib/plesk/task-manager/runtime/12954/12954/stderr.txt
  -rw-r----- 1 psaadm psaadm 1.5G Jan 26 07:19 /var/lib/plesk/task-manager/runtime/13111/13111/stderr.txt
  -rw-r----- 1 psaadm psaadm 1.5G Jan 26 11:19 /var/lib/plesk/task-manager/runtime/13141/13141/stderr.txt
  -rw------- 1 root root 178M Jan 26 13:12 /var/log/plesk-php83-fpm/error.log
  -rw-r----- 1 psaadm root 125G Jan 26 13:13 /var/log/plesk/panel.log
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 485M Jan 26 13:12 /var/log/plesk/httpsd_access_log

• Logrotate system package is not installed:
  

  CONFIG_TEXT: # yum list installed |grep logrotate
  psa-logrotate.x86_64 3.22.0-2.redhat.9+p18.0.64.0+t240819.0541 @PLESK_18_0_65-dist

• Server is using Almalinux/CentOS

Cause

Logrotate system package is not installed

Resolution

Install logrotate system package:

1. Connect to the Plesk server via SSH.

2. Execute command:

   # yum install logrotate
   Last metadata expiration check: 2:39:22 ago on Sun 26 Jan 2025 05:41:20 PM CET.
   Dependencies resolved.
   =======================================================================
   Package Architecture Version Repository Size
   =======================================================================
   Installing:
   logrotate x86_64 3.18.0-8.el9 baseos 74 k
   Transaction Summary
   =======================================================================
   Install 1 Package
   Total download size: 74 k
   Installed size: 153 k
   Is this ok [y/N]: y
   Downloading Packages:
   logrotate-3.18.0-8.el9.x86_64.rpm 2.6 MB/s | 74 kB 00:00
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Total 191 kB/s | 74 kB 00:00
   Running transaction check
   Transaction check succeeded.
   Running transaction test
   Transaction test succeeded.
   Running transaction
   Preparing : 1/1
   Running scriptlet: logrotate-3.18.0-8.el9.x86_64 1/1
   Installing : logrotate-3.18.0-8.el9.x86_64 1/1
   Running scriptlet: logrotate-3.18.0-8.el9.x86_64 1/1
   Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/timers.target.wants/logrotate.timer → /usr/lib/systemd/system/logrotate.timer.
   Verifying : logrotate-3.18.0-8.el9.x86_64 1/1
   Installed:
   logrotate-3.18.0-8.el9.x86_64
   Complete!