How to clean up old log files automatically?

[michie1]

SUMMARY

In log4j2.properties is see max is set to 5, but when I run ls log, I see many more files. How to clean up old log files automatically? Same holds for audit logs.

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

ANSIBLE VERSION

Ansible 11

COLLECTION VERSION

2.2.5

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

Login the broker, wait 10 days.

EXPECTED RESULTS

I would expect to see the log files of the last 5 days.

ACTUAL RESULTS

I see all log files of the last 10 days.

[RanabirChakraborty]

@michie1 Can you please explain the issue a bit more in detail and probably add the playbook you are using?

[michie1]

I'm using the redhat.amq_broker.amq_broker role. I can't share you all the vars we set. Do you have some specific vars in mind you need to know?

Here's log4j2.properties which is generated by the role.

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# Log4J 2 configuration

# Monitor config file every X seconds for updates
monitorInterval = 5

rootLogger = INFO, console, log_file

logger.amq_broker.name=org.apache.amq_broker
logger.amq_broker.level=INFO

logger.artemis_server.name=org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server
logger.artemis_server.level=INFO

logger.artemis_journal.name=org.apache.activemq.artemis.journal
logger.artemis_journal.level=INFO

logger.artemis_utils.name=org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils
logger.artemis_utils.level=INFO

# CriticalAnalyzer: If you have issues with the CriticalAnalyzer, setting this to TRACE would give
# you extra troubleshooting info, but do not use TRACE regularly as it would incur extra CPU usage.
logger.critical_analyzer.name=org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.critical
logger.critical_analyzer.level=INFO

logger.artemis_jms.name=org.apache.activemq.artemis.jms
logger.artemis_jms.level=INFO

logger.artemis_integration_bootstrap.name=org.apache.activemq.artemis.integration.bootstrap
logger.artemis_integration_bootstrap.level=INFO

# Audit loggers: to enable change levels from OFF to INFO
logger.audit_base = INFO, audit_log_file
logger.audit_base.name = org.apache.activemq.audit.base
logger.audit_base.additivity = false

logger.audit_resource = INFO, audit_log_file
logger.audit_resource.name = org.apache.activemq.audit.resource
logger.audit_resource.additivity = false

logger.audit_message = INFO, audit_log_file
logger.audit_message.name = org.apache.activemq.audit.message
logger.audit_message.additivity = false

# Jetty logger levels
logger.jetty.name=org.eclipse.jetty
logger.jetty.level=WARN

# Quorum related logger levels
logger.curator.name=org.apache.curator
logger.curator.level=WARN
logger.zookeeper.name=org.apache.zookeeper
logger.zookeeper.level=ERROR

# Console appender
appender.console.type=Console
appender.console.name=console
appender.console.layout.type=PatternLayout
appender.console.layout.pattern=%d %-5level [%logger] %msg%n

# Log file appender
appender.log_file.type = RollingFile
appender.log_file.name = log_file
appender.log_file.fileName = ${sys:artemis.instance}/log/artemis.log
appender.log_file.filePattern = ${sys:artemis.instance}/log/artemis.log.%d{yyyy-MM-dd}
appender.log_file.layout.type = PatternLayout
appender.log_file.layout.pattern = %d %-5level [%logger] %msg%n
appender.log_file.policies.type = Policies
appender.log_file.policies.cron.type = CronTriggeringPolicy
appender.log_file.policies.cron.schedule = 0 0 0 * * ?
appender.log_file.policies.cron.evaluateOnStartup = true
appender.log_file.strategy.type=DefaultRolloverStrategy
appender.log_file.strategy.max=5

# Audit log file appender
appender.audit_log_file.type = RollingFile
appender.audit_log_file.name = audit_log_file
appender.audit_log_file.fileName = ${sys:artemis.instance}/log/audit.log
appender.audit_log_file.filePattern = ${sys:artemis.instance}/log/audit.log.%d{yyyy-MM-dd}
appender.audit_log_file.layout.type = PatternLayout
appender.audit_log_file.layout.pattern = %d [AUDIT](%t) %msg%n
appender.audit_log_file.policies.type = Policies
appender.audit_log_file.policies.cron.type = CronTriggeringPolicy
appender.audit_log_file.policies.cron.schedule = 0 0 0 * * ?
appender.audit_log_file.policies.cron.evaluateOnStartup = true
appender.audit_log_file.strategy.type=DefaultRolloverStrategy
appender.audit_log_file.strategy.max=5

[guidograzioli]

Hello, thanks for reporting. It is a bug in the template, the filePattern is missing %i so the DefaultRolloverStrategy cannot find file to roll.