Change tomcat log rollover

tomcat-log-maxday-settings.md

Tomcat maxDay Log Settings

Below is the information required to change the default log retention for Tomcat

conf/logging.properties

Add .maxDays = 14 to each handler, for example:

Before:

1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.level = FINE
1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.directory = ${catalina.base}/logs
1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.prefix = catalina.

After:

1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.level = FINE
1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.directory = ${catalina.base}/logs
1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.prefix = catalina.
1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.maxDays = 14

conf/server.xml

Add maxDays="7" to org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve

Before:

        <Valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve" directory="logs"
               prefix="localhost_access_log." suffix=".txt" maxDays="7"
               pattern="%h %l %u %t &quot;%r&quot; %s %b" />

After:

        <Valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve" directory="logs"
               prefix="localhost_access_log." suffix=".txt"
               pattern="%h %l %u %t &quot;%r&quot; %s %b" />