Set up log rotation to avoid a large increase in Tomcat catalina.out files

Create a logrotate configuration file

$ vi/etc/logrotate.d/tomcat

Add the following content:

/opt/entermediadb/tomcat/logs/catalina.out {    copytruncate    daily    rotate 7  compress    Missingok    dateext  Size 100m  

Parameter description:

Specify the path to the log file. Copytruncate–creates a copy of the log file and then truncates the original to an empty file so that the service can Kee P on logging uninterrupted.daily–rotates the Catalina.out daily.rotate–keeps for most 7 log files. Compress–create a gzip compressed file of the rotated files.missingok–suppresses error messages if the file does not E Xist. Dateext–add the date to the filename of the archived log file.size–rotates if the size of catalina.out is bigger than 100m.  

　　

Files can be found on most Linux systems:/etc/cron.daily/logrotate, the file is run every day. The runtime calls:

This will rotate out the tomcat log.
If you have more than one Tomcat instance, you need to configure multiple separate rotation files.

You can also write scheduled tasks manually:

2 * * * */USR/SBIN/LOGROTATE/ETC/MYLOGROTATE.D/TOMCAT

　　

Set up log rotation to avoid a large increase in Tomcat catalina.out files