Periodic Rotating File Handler does not rotate daily

[sammie88]

Hi,

I am using Jboss-as-7.1.1 .Final.  I have a problem with logging.  It seems that my (server, testejb, test) logs are not being renamed/rotated daily. I am expecting it to  be renamed daily

with .yyyy-MM-dd suffix.  However if I use the suffix yyyy-MM-dd-HH (for hourly) it seems to work - I tested the hourly with testejb.log and test.log.  I use org.apache.log4j.logger in my application. I didnt have to include dependencies in the manifest to log4j.

My configuration looks something like:

<periodic-rotating-file-handler name="FILE" autoflush="true">

                <formatter>

                    <pattern-formatter pattern="%d{HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p [%c] (%t) %s%E%n"/>

                </formatter>

                <file relative-to="jboss.server.log.dir" path="server.log"/>

                <suffix value=".yyyy-MM-dd"/>

                <append value="true"/>

            </periodic-rotating-file-handler>

            <periodic-rotating-file-handler name="TESTCONN" autoflush="true">

                <formatter>

                    <pattern-formatter pattern="%d{dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p [%c] (%t) %s%E%n"/>

                </formatter>

                <file relative-to="jboss.server.log.dir" path="test.log"/>

                <suffix value=".yyyy-MM-dd"/>

                <append value="true"/>

            </periodic-rotating-file-handler>

            <periodic-rotating-file-handler name="TESTEJB" autoflush="true">

                <formatter>

                    <pattern-formatter pattern="%d{dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p [%c] (%t) %s%E%n"/>

                </formatter>

                <file relative-to="jboss.server.log.dir" path="testejb.log"/>

                <suffix value=".yyyy-MM-dd"/>

                <append value="true"/>

            </periodic-rotating-file-handler>

            <logger category="com.arjuna">

                <level name="DEBUG"/>

            </logger>

            <logger category="org.apache.tomcat.util.modeler">

                <level name="DEBUG"/>

            </logger>

            <logger category="sun.rmi">

                <level name="DEBUG"/>

            </logger>

            <logger category="jacorb">

                <level name="DEBUG"/>

            </logger>

            <logger category="jacorb.config">

                <level name="DEBUG"/>

            </logger>

            <logger category="com.test.conn.connector.jca.ra" use-parent-handlers="false">

                <level name="DEBUG"/>

                <handlers>

                    <handler name="TESTCONN"/>

                </handlers>

            </logger>

            <logger category="com.test.conn.ejb" use-parent-handlers="false">

                <level name="DEBUG"/>

                <handlers>

                    <handler name="TESTEJB"/>

                </handlers>

            </logger>

            <root-logger>

                <level name="DEBUG"/>

                <handlers>

                    <handler name="CONSOLE"/>

                    <handler name="FILE"/>

                </handlers>

            </root-logger>

        </subsystem>

Thanks in advance for help!

[jamezp]

If you're restarting the server each day that is likely the issue. JBoss AS 7.1.1.Final uses jboss-logmanager 1.2.2.GA which didn't check the last modified date of the file at the roll over check. This was fixed in jboss-logmanager 1.3.0.Final. It should be safe to upgrade the logmanager. The newest is 1.4.0.Final, but I would use at least 1.3.1.Final.

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James R. Perkins

[sammie88]

Thanks for your reply. Where is the best site to download this?  (jar, jar.index)  - and should I upgrade jboss-logmanager-log4j-1.0.0.GA.jar as well since I am using log4j in my app? I assume that I can just update my org/jboss/logmanager and org/jboss/logmanager/log4j directories with the new files.  Thank you!!

[jamezp]

The best place to download it is probably here https://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/groups/public/org/jboss/logmanager/jboss-logmanager/. You shouldn't need to upgrade anything else. Just put the jar in the modules/org/jboss/logmanager/main directory and update the module.xml file to use the new library.

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James R. Perkins