Limiting log file size/versions under 4.0.1SP1

[johnloo1]

Sorry, I am a complete newbie at JBoss. I am running 4.0.1SP1

Where do I set the maximum size of the JBoss log files, and the maximum number of revisions to keep? Also set the level of detail in the log messages?

I looked in my log4j.xml file, but didn't see anything explicitly talking about file size.

TIA

[peterj]

I do not have 4.0.1, so I will answer based on 4.0.5 - hopefully they are not that different (yes, I know that this is a very bad assumption to make with the 4.0.x versions).

Anyway, the default appender is the DailyRollingFileAppender which has no size limitation - it just increases is size until midnight and then a new log file is created. To limit the size, you could use the RollingFileAppender, it has a MaxFileSize parameter.

Here is an example:

<appender name="FILE" class="org.jboss.logging.appender.RollingFileAppender">
 <errorHandler class="org.jboss.logging.util.OnlyOnceErrorHandler"/>
 <param name="File" value="${jboss.server.log.dir}/server.log"/>
 <param name="Append" value="true"/>
 <param name="MaxFileSize" value="500KB"/>
 <param name="MaxBackupIndex" value="20"/>
 <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
 <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d %-5p [%c] %m%n"/>
 </layout>
</appender>

[erasmomarciano]

I have tried with jboss-4.0.1, you should have the following file boss-4.0.1/server/all/conf/log4j.xml
You should find the code commented as suggested by Peter

<appender name="FILE" class="org.jboss.logging.appender.RollingFileAppender">
 <errorHandler class="org.jboss.logging.util.OnlyOnceErrorHandler"/>
 <param name="File" value="${jboss.server.log.dir}/server.log"/>
 <param name="Append" value="true"/>
 <param name="MaxFileSize" value="500KB"/>
 <param name="MaxBackupIndex" value="20"/>
 <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
 <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d %-5p [%c] %m%n"/>
 </layout>
</appender>

[johnloo1]

Thanks everyone!