Hi All, I have a special scenario in my application i am using log4j for logging purpose. The maximum size of the log file which i configured is 5 MB , if the file reached to 5 MB it renames the file and take a back up and start logging the logs. So in that case how does the logstash handles the mo…

If you have file A that's renamed to A.old and then A is recreated, Logstash will not care about A.old but it will start to read new entries from the new file A. This is at least true with start_position => end (which is the default).

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rlv_praveen (Rlv Praveen) February 20, 2017, 1:47pm 5

Ok Got your point Thanks a lot.

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