# Does Kibana 4 configuration supports logrotation?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-kibana-4-configuration-supports-logrotation/26618>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [July 31, 2015, 6:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-kibana-4-configuration-supports-logrotation/26618 "2015-07-31T06:38:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Kuldip\_Madnani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Kuldip\_Madnani](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kuldip_Madnani)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 6:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-kibana-4-configuration-supports-logrotation/26618/1 "2015-07-31T06:38:44Z")

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If we enable log files in kibana.yml file by uncommenting "log\_file", will it also take care of log rotation or we need to implement our own logic for logrotation?

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**Author:** ![spalger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spalger/32/14092_2.png) [@spalger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spalger)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 3:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-kibana-4-configuration-supports-logrotation/26618/2 "2015-08-05T15:28:00Z")

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Sorry, kibana does not currently rotate log files or offer a method of doing so.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 2:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-kibana-4-configuration-supports-logrotation/26618/3 "2017-07-06T14:15:13Z")

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