Change logs catalina.out properties

Article Id: 17168

Status: Published

Updated On: 06-03-2020 10:51

Products:

CA API Developer Portal , CA API Gateway

Issue/Introduction:

How do I change the log size of catalina.out?

Environment:

Portal 3.5

Resolution:

Please see the steps below.

*** LOG ROTATE STEPS ****

1. SSH to the root prompt of the API Portal

2. Create the file /etc/logrotate.d/levelPortal with the below contents; this will rotate the catalina log file once it reaches 100MB

/opt/Deployments/lrs/server/logs/catalina.out {
copytruncate
size 100M
rotate 10
compress
missingok
}

3. Run the following command:
chmod 644 /etc/logrotate.d/levelPortal

4. You can force the log rotation by running this command:
logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/levelPortal

Additional Information:

catalina.out log is ONLY rotated once per day, if there is an exceptional amount of logging during a day, it is possible that the catalina.out could grow larger than 100M.