# Default IP log retention time

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-ip-log-retention-time/42135
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** hosting
**Created:** [April 6, 2016, 3:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-ip-log-retention-time/42135 "2016-04-06T15:29:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![precessor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/precessor/32/120664_2.png) [@precessor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/precessor)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2016, 3:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-ip-log-retention-time/42135/1 "2016-04-06T15:29:24Z")

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How long does Discourse keep IP logs by default?  
Thanks

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-ip-log-retention-time/42135/2 "2016-04-06T21:39:49Z")

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It is listed in our privacy policy which is linked at the bottom of every [discourse.org](http://discourse.org) webpage.

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### Author: ![precessor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/precessor/32/120664_2.png) [@precessor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/precessor)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-ip-log-retention-time/42135/3 "2016-04-06T21:56:23Z")

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I saw those as I was editing my privacy policy; I wasn’t sure whether they were the defaults or specific to [meta.discourse.org](http://meta.discourse.org).

Good to know. Thanks

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### Author: ![ToddZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/toddz/32/328350_2.png) [@ToddZ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ToddZ)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2023, 7:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-ip-log-retention-time/42135/4 "2023-10-05T07:02:47Z")

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Old topic, but a good searchable query.

I just found that on my stock self-hosted Discourse instance, rotation is “daily” and retention is 7 days (“rotate 7”):

```plaintext
> 
> less /etc/logrotate.d/nginx

/var/log/nginx/*.log {
  daily
  missingok
  rotate 7
  compress
  delaycompress
  create 0644 www-data www-data
  sharedscripts
  postrotate
    sv 1 nginx
  endscript
}

```

Nice reference here: [logrotate command in Linux with examples (linuxconfig.org)](https://linuxconfig.org/logrotate)