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Rotating the log depending on the time

 

 

Open $SCHEDULER_HOME/lib/log4j.xml

 

 

Rotating depending on the time (Default after setup)

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd">
<log4j:configuration debug="false" xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/">
    <appender name="CONSOLE" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender">
        <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
            <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss,SSS Z} [%-5p] %c - %m%n" />
        </layout>
    </appender>
      <appender name="FILE" class="org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender">
        <!-- not supported by DailyRollingFileAppender param name="MaxBackupIndex" value="7"/-->
        <param name="Append" value="true" />
        <param name="File" value="${LOGFILE}.log" />
        <param name="DatePattern" value="'.'yyyy-MM-dd" />
        <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
            <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss,SSS Z} [%-5p] %c - %m%n"/>
        </layout>
    </appender>
      <root>
        <priority value="debug"/>
        <appender-ref ref="FILE"/>
    </root>
</log4j:configuration>

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This will create a new file .log.n (n=1..5) when the size exceeds 2KB. You also can specify 20MB etc. The maximum value for n is 13.

 

Rotating and Compressing the rotated log

If you want to compress the rotated logs, please check in $SCHEDULER_HOME/lib/3rd-party the existens of the file apache-log4j-extras-1.2.17.jar
If the file is not available, download it from https://logging.apache.org/log4j/extras/download.html 

Rotating and compressing the log depending on the time

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  • Rotate every minute:          <param name="FileNamePattern" value="${LOGFILE}.%d{yyyyMMdd-hhmm}.log" />
  • Rotate every hour:             <param name="FileNamePattern" value="${LOGFILE}.%d{yyyyMMdd-hh}.log" />
  • Rotate every day:              <param name="FileNamePattern" value="${LOGFILE}.%d{yyyyMMdd}.log" />

 

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Rotating and compressing the log depending on the size

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