# Managing oversized Ansible logs: Best practices to rotate/compress logs?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/managing-oversized-ansible-logs-best-practices-to-rotate-compress-logs/41838>\
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**Created:** [April 21, 2025, 3:35am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/managing-oversized-ansible-logs-best-practices-to-rotate-compress-logs/41838 "2025-04-21T03:35:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 3:35am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/managing-oversized-ansible-logs-best-practices-to-rotate-compress-logs/41838/1 "2025-04-21T03:35:28Z")

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Hi community!  
We’re facing issues with Ansible log files (`ansible.log`) growing too large (over 10MB daily).  
**Current setup** :

- Basic config in `ansible.cfg`:

```ini
[defaults]
log_path = ./log/ansible.log
```