On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 7:16 PM, Christopher Schultz < ch...@christopherschultz.net> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > Martin, > > On 8/3/17 5:47 AM, Martin Knoblauch wrote: > > is there a way to compress the localhost_access_log.#####.txt file > > automatically after rotation? > > Not really. The file is rotated *during* log events, and stalling to > compress a log file is probably not a great solution. > > Hmm. Smart way would be to rotate the log, continue logging to the new file and compress the old one "in the background". That way stalling would not be an issue. > Alternatively/preferably is there a way to put the access logging > > under "log4j"? > > Also not really, but if you are willing to write code, you can do it. > The AccessLogValve handles its own logging to a file, but if you were > to subclass AccessLogValve and override the "open" method and assign a > value to the AccessLogValve.writer member that writes to a log4j > logger, then I think you could probably do this. > Writing my own class is clearly an option, but I wanted to first check the already available options. > I believe that log4j will stall your access log during the > compression, though, so you might want to think about whether or not > you want to implement it this way. > > Need to check how they are doing it. We use rolling with compression, but not on a high volume log like the access log. > What is your operating system? If it were me, I think I'd write a cron > job to check the directory for uncompressed, rotated log files and > compress them in a separate process. > > Linux. Sure, we can deploy Cron to do the compression. It just adds another external process to an already complex setup. But I guess nothing in life is free :-) > > I am on Tomcat 7.0.62 (no, do not tell me to update. I know. I want > > to. But I am not allowed to. So, do not tell me. Please :-) > > You should upgrade :) > I told you not to tell me :-) Thanks Martin -- ------------------------------------------------------ Martin Knoblauch email: k n o b i AT knobisoft DOT de www: http://www.knobisoft.de
