Personally. I rely on a daily cron with a find by time and the -delete
flag. Where the time to keeps is based on policy.
-Tim
On Tue, Mar 18, 2025 at 9:52 AM Nguyen, Quoc A. (QUANTUM MANAGEMENT, LLC)
<quoc.ngu...@va.gov.invalid> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Tomcat server version: 9.0.98.
>
> server.xml configuration for AccessLogValve:
>
> <Valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve"
> directory="logs" prefix="localhost_access_log" suffix=".log" maxDays="7"
> pattern="%h %{X-Forwarded-For}i %t %I "%m %U" %{local}p %s %b %D"
> resolveHosts="false" />
>
> Everything works fine. Now, I have a requirement to archive these log
> files similar to log4j <RollingFile> (pattern is already taken care of in
> the valve) with <Policies> (archive when the file size reaches certain
> size) and <DefaultRolloverStrategy> (cleanup archived files).
>
> Is there a way to archive these logs via the configuration in the valve?
> If not, what the best way to go about it: a custom class that implements
> ValveBase or extends AccessLogValve or do something else entirely?
>
>
>
