Ubuntu 14.04 - logrotate does not rotate /var/log/* (rsyslog config)

Same issue happened and resolved on Ubuntu 14.04 server with below change in /etc/logrotate.d/rsyslog

from:

/var/log/syslog
{
    rotate 7
    daily
    ...
    postrotate
        reload rsyslog >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
    endscript
}

to this:

{
    rotate 7
    daily
    ...
    postrotate
        service rsyslog rotate >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
    endscript
}

for each rotated rsyslog files. I triggered logrotate manually with "/usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf" and tested it with logger.

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