Problem : When you install apache from source , by default logrotate will not rotate those logs file as the path for log files are different. Solution: You can edit httpd file under /etc/logrotate.d/ directory and insert bellow lines /usr/local/apache/logs/*log { missingok notifempty sharedscripts postrotate /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl graceful > /dev/null 2>/dev/null || true endscript } Now [...]