The dailyRollingFIle appender parameter for retention is 'maxBackupIndex'
E.g.
file:
type: dailyRollingFile
file: ${path.logs}/${cluster.name}.log
datePattern: "'.'yyyy-MM-dd"
maxBackupIndex: 7
layout:
type: pattern
conversionPattern: "[%d{ISO8601}][%-5p][%-25c] %m%n"
Jörg
On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 12:57 PM, Kasper Brandenburg <
[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> Help me configure log-retention for ES.
> I've struggling to delete old logfiles created by my ES clusters.
>
> I've tried several settings in logging.yml, and none of them (log4j) seems
> to work.
> The the file appenders i've tried to add MaxDateRollBackups,
> maxSizeRollBackups
> an others, no result.
>
> appender:
> console:
> type: console
> layout:
> type: consolePattern
> conversionPattern: "[%d{ISO8601}][%-5p][%-25c] %m%n"
>
> file:
> type: dailyRollingFile
> file: ${path.logs}/${cluster.name}.log
> datePattern: "'.'yyyy-MM-dd"
> MaxDateRollBackups: 2
> layout:
> type: pattern
> conversionPattern: "[%d{ISO8601}][%-5p][%-25c] %m%n"
>
> logfile format looks like this:
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 elasticsearch elasticsearch 29M Oct 30 23:59
> SHQA01ESCL1.log.2014-10-30
> -rw-r--r-- 1 elasticsearch elasticsearch 18M Oct 31 23:59
> SHQA01ESCL1.log.2014-10-31
> -rw-r--r-- 1 elasticsearch elasticsearch 13M Nov 1 23:58
> SHQA01ESCL1.log.2014-11-01
> -rw-r--r-- 1 elasticsearch elasticsearch 202M Nov 2 23:51
> SHQA01ESCL1.log.2014-11-02
> -rw-r--r-- 1 elasticsearch elasticsearch 35M Nov 3 23:59
> SHQA01ESCL1.log.2014-11-03
> -rw-r--r-- 1 elasticsearch elasticsearch 43M Nov 4 23:59
> SHQA01ESCL1.log.2014-11-04
> -rw-r--r-- 1 elasticsearch elasticsearch 4.6M Nov 5 19:33
> SHQA01ESCL1.log.2014-11-05
> -rw-r--r-- 1 elasticsearch elasticsearch 95M Nov 6 23:59
> SHQA01ESCL1.log.2014-11-06
>
>
> Currently my ES cluster is 1.0.3, and we should upgrade to latest version
> in Q1, 2015..
>
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