Logrotate

On most Linux distributions, logrotate is installed by default. If not the case install it using the package manager. The below is for debian and friends.

Installation

# apt-get install logrotate

Configuration

The main configuration file is at /etc/logrotate.conf. Creating config files for each service separately can use the folder /etc/logrotate.d/.

# vi /etc/logrotate.d/remote

Append:

/var/log/remote/*/*
{
        rotate 7
        daily
        size=10M 
        missingok
        compress
        delaycompress
}

This will compress and rotate logs every day and keep them for 90 days (3 months).

Keep last 7 logs
The logs will be rotated daily
Each log will not be rotated until it reaches 10MB
If the log file is missing, go on to the next one without issuing an error message.
All rotated logs, with the exception of the most recent one, should be compressed.