How to Install Logwatch on Fedora 20

Logwatch is a Perl-based log management tool for analyzing, summarizing, and reporting on a server’s log files. It is most often used to send a short digest of server’s log activity to a system administrator.

What are log files? Logs are application-generated files useful for tracking down and understanding what has happened in the past.
 

Step 1: Install Logwatch


As a matter of best practice we’ll update our packages:

yum -y update


Then let’s install Logwatch and any required packages:

yum -y install logwatch


Step 2: Configuration File Locations


Local Configuration Options can be found in:

/etc/logwatch/conf/logwatch.conf


Default Configuration Options can be found in:

/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logwatch.conf


It is best practice to leave the Default Configuration as is, and edit the Local Configuration option, which is under /etc as listed above.

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