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+---
+# Copyright (C) The Arvados Authors. All rights reserved.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0
+
+# The logrotate formula checks that an associated service is running.
+# The default it checks is cron.
+# All the distributions Arvados supports (Debian 11+/Ubuntu 20.04+)
+# have switched to a systemd timer, so check that instead.
+# Refer to logrotate-formula's documentation for details
+# https://github.com/salt-formulas/salt-formula-logrotate/blob/master/README.rst
+
+logrotate:
+ service: logrotate.timer