From 2d7da05be7baae92126ff7a721931aa79cf1c03f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Slava <20563034+veaceslavdoina@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 13:12:19 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] docs: log into a separate logfile when run as a service in
 linux

---
 learn/run.md | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/learn/run.md b/learn/run.md
index d0175e0..cb05da4 100644
--- a/learn/run.md
+++ b/learn/run.md
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ We can run Codex as a service via [systemd](https://systemd.io) using following
  3. Create directories
     ```shell
     sudo mkdir -p /opt/codex/data
+    sudo mkdir -p /opt/codex/logs
     ```
 
  4. Create a configuration file
@@ -481,6 +482,8 @@ We can run Codex as a service via [systemd](https://systemd.io) using following
     ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/codex --config-file="/opt/codex/codex.conf"
     Restart=always
     RestartSec=3
+    StandardOutput=append:/opt/codex/logs/codex.log
+    StandardError=append:/opt/codex/logs/codex.log
 
     [Install]
     WantedBy=multi-user.target
@@ -498,11 +501,26 @@ We can run Codex as a service via [systemd](https://systemd.io) using following
     sudo systemctl status codex
     ```
 
- 9. Check the logs
+ 9. Enable logs rotation using logrotate
     ```shell
-    sudo journalctl -u codex -S "5min ago"
-    sudo journalctl -f -u codex
-    sudo tail -f /var/log/syslog | grep codex
+    sudo vi /etc/logrotate.d/codex
+    ```
+    ```logrotate
+    /opt/codex/logs/*.log {
+      daily
+      missingok
+      rotate 5
+      copytruncate
+      nocreate
+      nomail
+      dateext
+      dateyesterday
+    }
+    ```
+
+ 1. Check the logs
+    ```shell
+    tail -f /opt/codex/logs/codex.log
     ```
 
 ### Run as a service in Windows