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Jan Høydahl commented on SOLR-8186: ----------------------------------- Documented auto console log muting in RefGuide: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/diffpagesbyversion.action?pageId=32604193&selectedPageVersions=24&selectedPageVersions=23 > Solr start scripts -- only log to console when running in foreground > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: SOLR-8186 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-8186 > Project: Solr > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: scripts and tools > Affects Versions: 5.3.1 > Reporter: Shawn Heisey > Assignee: Jan Høydahl > Labels: logging > Fix For: 6.3, master (7.0) > > Attachments: SOLR-8186-robustness.patch, SOLR-8186.patch, > SOLR-8186.patch > > > Currently the log4j.properties file logs to the console, and the start > scripts capture console output to a logfile that never rotates. This can > fill up the disk, and when the logfile is removed, the user might be alarmed > by the way their memory statistics behave -- the "cached" memory might have a > sudden and very large drop, making it appear to a novice that the huge > logfile was hogging their memory. > The logfile created by log4j is rotated when it gets big enough, so that > logfile is unlikely to fill up the disk. > I propose that we copy the current log4j.properties file to something like > log4j-foreground.properties, remove CONSOLE logging in the log4j.properties > file, and have the start script use the alternate config file when running in > the foreground. This way users will see the logging output when running in > the foreground, but it will be absent when running normally. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org