logging - How to configure tomcat to rollover catalina.log files

Question

I'm trying to configure my tomcat to rollover log files once a size limit is reached. I'm running tomcat as a windows service and am redirecting all my stdout to catalina.log. This is how I configured by logging.properties to set a size limit. But it is not working.

logging.properties

handlers = 1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler, 2localhost.org.apache.juli.FileHandler, 3manager.org.apache.juli.FileHandler, 4host-manager.org.apache.juli.FileHandler, java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler

.handlers = 1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler, java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler

############################################################
# Handler specific properties.
# Describes specific configuration info for Handlers.
############################################################

1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.level = FINE
1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.directory = e:/apache-tomcat/logs/server_111-1001
1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.prefix = catalina.
1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.limit = 100000 # size 100kb 
1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.count = 5


2localhost.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.level = FINE
2localhost.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.directory = e:/apache-tomcat/logs/server_111-1001
2localhost.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.prefix = localhost.

3manager.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.level = FINE
3manager.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.directory = e:/apache-tomcat/logs/server_111-1001
3manager.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.prefix = manager.

4host-manager.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.level = FINE
4host-manager.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.directory = e:/apache-tomcat/logs/server_111-1001
4host-manager.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.prefix = host-manager.

java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.level = FINE
java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.formatter = java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter


############################################################
# Facility specific properties.
# Provides extra control for each logger.
############################################################

org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].level = INFO
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].handlers = 2localhost.org.apache.juli.FileHandler

org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/manager].level = INFO
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/manager].handlers = 3manager.org.apache.juli.FileHandler

org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/host-manager].level = INFO
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/host-manager].handlers = 4host-manager.org.apache.juli.FileHandler

# For example, set the com.xyz.foo logger to only log SEVERE
# messages:
#org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.level = FINE
#org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.level = FINE
#org.apache.catalina.session.ManagerBase.level = FINE
#org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener.level=FINE

But 1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.limit = 100000 doesn't seem to be working

Answer 1

org.apache.juli.FileHandler does not support rotation based on file size and does not have the limit and count properties you are trying to set (see docs). Instead, you can use the standard Java java.util.logging.FileHandler which supports size-based rotation. You should change the following lines in your configuration:

handlers = 1catalina.java.util.logging.FileHandler, 2localhost.org.apache.juli.FileHandler, 3manager.org.apache.juli.FileHandler, 4host-manager.org.apache.juli.FileHandler, java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler

.handlers = 1catalina.java.util.logging.FileHandler, java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler

Also note that Java FileHandler is configured slightly differently than Tomcat FileHandler

1catalina.java.util.logging.FileHandler.level = FINEST
1catalina.java.util.logging.FileHandler.pattern = <your log dir>/catalina%g.log
1catalina.java.util.logging.FileHandler.limit = 100000
1catalina.java.util.logging.FileHandler.count = 5
1catalina.java.util.logging.FileHandler.formatter = java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter

However, I'm not sure that redirecting standard out to the file written by the logger will work well and help you achieve what you want.