Re: Apache 7, Logrotate

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Hallo Rainer, Rainer Jung 27 Oct 2013 14:23 Only for the access log: there's a property checkExists="true", that will close the file and reopen it if the access log valve detects the file has been moved/renamed. That option could be more expensive though then just using an appropriate value for fileDateFormat. great! I did not know about it. Let me try it. So I'm left only with catalina.out. Thank you! Regards, Rainer Michael --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org Konstantin Kolinko 25 Oct 2013 11:54 2013/10/25 Web2 Solutions <m...@web2-solutions.com>: Hallo All, I've installed tomcat 7.0.42 and due heavy use my catalina.out and localhost_access-jjj-mm-dd.txt grows quit big. I've successfully configured logrotate to rotate both files. I've removed the date from the access log. So Tomcat now writes without rotating into localhost_access.txt Logrotate now create a new file (localhost_access-dd-mm-dd.txt) and makes localhost_access.txt empty. But tomcat now writes into the new localhost_access-dd-mm-dd.txt instead of the configured file (localhost_access.txt). FYI: You can configure the filename pattern so that it rotates more frequently, e.g. every hour or every ten minutes. What do I have todo so that tomcat continues to write into localhost_access.txt even after rotating? Renaming the file is futile, because Tomcat (for access logs) or the shell (for catalina.out) has the file open and continues to write to it, regardless of the file name. You can use copytruncate option of logrotate. FYI: catalina.out is not a proper log file, but a redirection of stdout (as managed in catalina.sh script that launches Tomcat java process). If a system is configured properly, this file is usually empty. Best regards, Konstantin Kolinko --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org Web2 Solutions 25 Oct 2013 00:33 Hallo All, I've installed tomcat 7.0.42 and due heavy use my catalina.out and localhost_access-jjj-mm-dd.txt grows quit big. I've successfully configured logrotate to rotate both files. I've removed the date from the access log. So Tomcat now writes without rotating into localhost_access.txt Logrotate now create a new file (localhost_access-dd-mm-dd.txt) and makes localhost_access.txt empty. But tomcat now writes into the new localhost_access-dd-mm-dd.txt instead of the configured file (localhost_access.txt). What do I have todo so that tomcat continues to write into localhost_access.txt  even after rotating? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org