Automate (part 9) · Logging and Rotation tutorial

Runnable lab for this step

This lesson explains the ideas. The matching GitHub folder is a lab snapshot you can clone and run. Skim the scripts, run the checks, then come back here for the why.

Open snapshot on GitHub

fcc-sysadmin-logging/09-Automate

Run locally

git clone https://github.com/michaeldunga1/fcc-sysadmin-logging.git
cd fcc-sysadmin-logging/09-Automate
bash check.sh || true
cat README.md

Goal for this part

Script a repeatable step for logging.

Treat 09-Automate as the source of truth for this checkpoint.

What you should already know

You can open a terminal and edit text files
You have a Linux shell (or WSL) for the lab commands
Earlier parts of this course are complete when this is not part 1

Checkpoint

You can explain the goal of this part in one sentence
The snapshot folder README commands complete without mystery errors
You know what changed versus the previous part

Common pitfalls

Running commands from the repo root instead of 09-Automate
Skipping the README prerequisites for this snapshot
Mixing files from a later part into an earlier folder
Moving on before the checkpoint list above is true