I'm trying to configure my tomcat to rollover log files once a size limit is reached. I'm running tomcat as a windows service and am redirecting all my stdout to catalina.log. This is how I configured by logging.properties to set a size limit. But it is not working.
logging.properties
handlers = 1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler, 2localhost.org.apache.juli.FileHandler, 3manager.org.apache.juli.FileHandler, 4host-manager.org.apache.juli.FileHandler, java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler
.handlers = 1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler, java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler
############################################################
# Handler specific properties.
# Describes specific configuration info for Handlers.
############################################################
1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.level = FINE
1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.directory = e:/apache-tomcat/logs/server_111-1001
1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.prefix = catalina.
1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.limit = 100000 # size 100kb
1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.count = 5
2localhost.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.level = FINE
2localhost.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.directory = e:/apache-tomcat/logs/server_111-1001
2localhost.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.prefix = localhost.
3manager.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.level = FINE
3manager.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.directory = e:/apache-tomcat/logs/server_111-1001
3manager.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.prefix = manager.
4host-manager.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.level = FINE
4host-manager.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.directory = e:/apache-tomcat/logs/server_111-1001
4host-manager.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.prefix = host-manager.
java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.level = FINE
java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.formatter = java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter
############################################################
# Facility specific properties.
# Provides extra control for each logger.
############################################################
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].level = INFO
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].handlers = 2localhost.org.apache.juli.FileHandler
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/manager].level = INFO
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/manager].handlers = 3manager.org.apache.juli.FileHandler
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/host-manager].level = INFO
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/host-manager].handlers = 4host-manager.org.apache.juli.FileHandler
# For example, set the com.xyz.foo logger to only log SEVERE
# messages:
#org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.level = FINE
#org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.level = FINE
#org.apache.catalina.session.ManagerBase.level = FINE
#org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener.level=FINE
But 1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.limit = 100000 doesn't seem to be working
org.apache.juli.FileHandler
does not support rotation based on file size and does not have the limit
and count
properties you are trying to set (see docs). Instead, you can use the standard Java java.util.logging.FileHandler which supports size-based rotation. You should change the following lines in your configuration:
handlers = 1catalina.java.util.logging.FileHandler, 2localhost.org.apache.juli.FileHandler, 3manager.org.apache.juli.FileHandler, 4host-manager.org.apache.juli.FileHandler, java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler
.handlers = 1catalina.java.util.logging.FileHandler, java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler
Also note that Java FileHandler
is configured slightly differently than Tomcat FileHandler
1catalina.java.util.logging.FileHandler.level = FINEST
1catalina.java.util.logging.FileHandler.pattern = <your log dir>/catalina%g.log
1catalina.java.util.logging.FileHandler.limit = 100000
1catalina.java.util.logging.FileHandler.count = 5
1catalina.java.util.logging.FileHandler.formatter = java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter
However, I'm not sure that redirecting standard out to the file written by the logger will work well and help you achieve what you want.