How to configure the log rotation in Confluence access logs

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Summary

As explained in the Configure access logs document, Confluence is able to write access logs by using the Tomcat feature. However, by default, it rotates the files on daily basis using the below access log valve:

<Valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve"
       directory="logs"
       maxDays="30"
       pattern="%t %{X-AUSERNAME}o %I %h %r %s %Dms %b %{Referer}i %{User-Agent}i"
       prefix="conf_access_log"
       fileDateFormat="yyyy-MM-dd"
       requestAttributesEnabled="true"
       rotatable="true"
       suffix=".log"
       />

Environment

Confluence 7.13 or later version. 

Solution

To rotate the files more often, the fileDateFormat should be changed. This will allow Confluence to rotate the files depending on your own preferences.

As an example, the access log valves show the configuration for rotating the logs every hour or every minute: 

Rotate the log file every hour
<Valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve"
       directory="logs"
       maxDays="30"
       pattern="%t %{X-AUSERNAME}o %I %h %r %s %Dms %b %{Referer}i %{User-Agent}i"
       prefix="conf_access_log"
       fileDateFormat="yyyy-MM-dd.HH"
       requestAttributesEnabled="true"
       rotatable="true"
       suffix=".log"
       />
Rotate the log file every minute
<Valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve"
       directory="logs"
       maxDays="30"
       pattern="%t %{X-AUSERNAME}o %I %h %r %s %Dms %b %{Referer}i %{User-Agent}i"
       prefix="conf_access_log"
       fileDateFormat="yyyy-MM-dd.HH.mm"
       requestAttributesEnabled="true"
       rotatable="true"
       suffix=".log"
       />


Last modified on Oct 12, 2023

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