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Is it possible to move Tomcat logfiles?
I am setting up a CentOS 5 server running tomcat and wanted to know whether
the best practice is to leave the Tomcat logfiles in their default location:
/usr/share/apache-tomcat-6.0.18/logs
or whether I should place them in another directory like /var/log/tomcat.
Is this possible, and/or preferred?
I am new to Linux, but my understanding so far was that changing data like
logfiles should not be under /usr/ but instead under /var/. Is that a
correct interpretation in this case?
Thanks
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RE: Is it possible to move Tomcat logfiles?
Posted by Martin Gainty <mg...@hotmail.com>.
John
have you had a chance to look at
http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/logging.html
you can specify using either Log4J Logger or the Juli logger
Log4j specifies the Log File to append to as
log4j.appender.R.File=${catalina.home}/logs/tomcat.log
the juli log folder is specified by
1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.directory = ${catalina.base}/logs
HTH
Martin
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> Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 22:02:35 -0700
> From: johnpiser@yahoo.com
> To: users@tomcat.apache.org
> Subject: Is it possible to move Tomcat logfiles?
>
>
> I am setting up a CentOS 5 server running tomcat and wanted to know whether
> the best practice is to leave the Tomcat logfiles in their default location:
>
> /usr/share/apache-tomcat-6.0.18/logs
>
> or whether I should place them in another directory like /var/log/tomcat.
>
> Is this possible, and/or preferred?
>
> I am new to Linux, but my understanding so far was that changing data like
> logfiles should not be under /usr/ but instead under /var/. Is that a
> correct interpretation in this case?
>
> Thanks
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Re: Is it possible to move Tomcat logfiles?
Posted by Jonathan Mast <jh...@gmail.com>.
Did CentOS setup /var and /usr on different partitions? If so then maybe it
would be a good idea to place the logs some where on /var.
What else will this server be used for aside from the Webserver? If nothing
else and if /var and /usr are on the same partition, then I wouldn't alter
the default locations of the tomcat folders.
On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Konstantin Kolinko <knst.kolinko@gmail.com
> wrote:
> 2009/5/10 johnrock <jo...@yahoo.com>:
> >
> > I am setting up a CentOS 5 server running tomcat and wanted to know
> whether
> > the best practice is to leave the Tomcat logfiles in their default
> location:
> >
> > /usr/share/apache-tomcat-6.0.18/logs
> >
> > or whether I should place them in another directory like /var/log/tomcat.
> >
> > Is this possible, and/or preferred?
> >
> > I am new to Linux, but my understanding so far was that changing data
> like
> > logfiles should not be under /usr/ but instead under /var/. Is that a
> > correct interpretation in this case?
> >
> > Thanks
> > --
>
> 1. the log folder contains:
> 1) log output
>
> By default java.util.logging (aka JULI) is used to write those logs,
> though there is possibility to use log4j.
>
> It is configured as described in
> http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/logging.html
>
> For JULI the configuration file is logging.properties
>
> 2) catalina.out, that is redirected stdout, strerr of
> java process running the server
>
> Look into the shell script that starts Tomcat. That is where the
> redirection occurs.
>
> 2. I have configurations where log folder is stored in /var/log/... and the
> log folder of Tomcat is simply a symbolic link to that location.
>
> It works, and I think that would be one of the easiest ways to configure
> it.
>
> 3. If you are concerned about /usr vs. /var, you may want to pay attention
> to the possibility of separating CATALINA_HOME and CATALINA_BASE
>
> E.g., you may place conf, webapps, work etc. folders on /var, while bin,
> common, server remain on /usr.
>
> See RUNNING.txt in the distributive.
>
>
> Best regards,
> Konstantin Kolinko
>
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Re: Is it possible to move Tomcat logfiles?
Posted by Konstantin Kolinko <kn...@gmail.com>.
2009/5/10 johnrock <jo...@yahoo.com>:
>
> I am setting up a CentOS 5 server running tomcat and wanted to know whether
> the best practice is to leave the Tomcat logfiles in their default location:
>
> /usr/share/apache-tomcat-6.0.18/logs
>
> or whether I should place them in another directory like /var/log/tomcat.
>
> Is this possible, and/or preferred?
>
> I am new to Linux, but my understanding so far was that changing data like
> logfiles should not be under /usr/ but instead under /var/. Is that a
> correct interpretation in this case?
>
> Thanks
> --
1. the log folder contains:
1) log output
By default java.util.logging (aka JULI) is used to write those logs,
though there is possibility to use log4j.
It is configured as described in
http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/logging.html
For JULI the configuration file is logging.properties
2) catalina.out, that is redirected stdout, strerr of
java process running the server
Look into the shell script that starts Tomcat. That is where the
redirection occurs.
2. I have configurations where log folder is stored in /var/log/... and the
log folder of Tomcat is simply a symbolic link to that location.
It works, and I think that would be one of the easiest ways to configure it.
3. If you are concerned about /usr vs. /var, you may want to pay attention
to the possibility of separating CATALINA_HOME and CATALINA_BASE
E.g., you may place conf, webapps, work etc. folders on /var, while bin,
common, server remain on /usr.
See RUNNING.txt in the distributive.
Best regards,
Konstantin Kolinko
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