Did CentOS setup /var and /usr on different partitions? If so then maybe it would be a good idea to place the logs some where on /var.
What else will this server be used for aside from the Webserver? If nothing else and if /var and /usr are on the same partition, then I wouldn't alter the default locations of the tomcat folders. On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Konstantin Kolinko <knst.koli...@gmail.com > wrote: > 2009/5/10 johnrock <johnpi...@yahoo.com>: > > > > I am setting up a CentOS 5 server running tomcat and wanted to know > whether > > the best practice is to leave the Tomcat logfiles in their default > location: > > > > /usr/share/apache-tomcat-6.0.18/logs > > > > or whether I should place them in another directory like /var/log/tomcat. > > > > Is this possible, and/or preferred? > > > > I am new to Linux, but my understanding so far was that changing data > like > > logfiles should not be under /usr/ but instead under /var/. Is that a > > correct interpretation in this case? > > > > Thanks > > -- > > 1. the log folder contains: > 1) log output > > By default java.util.logging (aka JULI) is used to write those logs, > though there is possibility to use log4j. > > It is configured as described in > http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/logging.html > > For JULI the configuration file is logging.properties > > 2) catalina.out, that is redirected stdout, strerr of > java process running the server > > Look into the shell script that starts Tomcat. That is where the > redirection occurs. > > 2. I have configurations where log folder is stored in /var/log/... and the > log folder of Tomcat is simply a symbolic link to that location. > > It works, and I think that would be one of the easiest ways to configure > it. > > 3. If you are concerned about /usr vs. /var, you may want to pay attention > to the possibility of separating CATALINA_HOME and CATALINA_BASE > > E.g., you may place conf, webapps, work etc. folders on /var, while bin, > common, server remain on /usr. > > See RUNNING.txt in the distributive. > > > Best regards, > Konstantin Kolinko > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > >
