# ElasticSearch log management **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [June 30, 2014, 3:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-log-management/18397 "2014-06-30T15:02:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![IronMike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e9a140/32.png) [@IronMike](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/IronMike)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 3:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-log-management/18397/1 "2014-06-30T15:02:24Z")
Does ElasticSearch roll logs? Does it create new log with different name everyday? I would like to know how to manage logs, I would like to keep last 10 days worth of logs, but not more that that, as they can be very big. Any ideas What Elasticsearch already does and what I need to do in order to manage logs? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/61f7ff1c-021e-4aa9-bffd-ba72a6837c37%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/61f7ff1c-021e-4aa9-bffd-ba72a6837c37%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Ivan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df788c/32.png) [@Ivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ivan)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 5:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-log-management/18397/2 "2014-06-30T17:51:06Z")
Elasticsearch uses log4j for logging, so all logging configuration can be done via the log4j config file logging.xml [https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/blob/master/config/logging.yml](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/blob/master/config/logging.yml) The default type is dailyRollingFile, which as the name states, rotates the log file daily. -- Ivan On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 8:02 AM, IronMan2014 [sabdalla80@gmail.com](mailto:sabdalla80@gmail.com) wrote: > Does Elasticsearch roll logs? Does it create new log with different name > everyday? > I would like to know how to manage logs, I would like to keep last 10 days > worth of logs, but not more that that, as they can be very big. > Any ideas What Elasticsearch already does and what I need to do in order > to manage logs? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/61f7ff1c-021e-4aa9-bffd-ba72a6837c37%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/61f7ff1c-021e-4aa9-bffd-ba72a6837c37%40googlegroups.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/61f7ff1c-021e-4aa9-bffd-ba72a6837c37%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/61f7ff1c-021e-4aa9-bffd-ba72a6837c37%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CALY%3DcQD2AV3Kk3iZbG8%3DCSGJ4PR074c2X\_Bin\_PvKppnJHh7GA%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CALY%3DcQD2AV3Kk3iZbG8%3DCSGJ4PR074c2X_Bin_PvKppnJHh7GA%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![nik9000](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nik9000/32/44947_2.png) [@nik9000](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nik9000)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-log-management/18397/3 "2014-06-30T18:02:28Z")
On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 1:51 PM, Ivan Brusic [ivan@brusic.com](mailto:ivan@brusic.com) wrote: > Elasticsearch uses log4j for logging, so all logging configuration can be > done via the log4j config file logging.xml > > [https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/blob/master/config/logging.yml](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/blob/master/config/logging.yml) > > The default type is dailyRollingFile, which as the name states, rotates > the log file daily. We need them deleted after the right amount of time so its easier for us to just let logrotate do everything: [http://git.wikimedia.org/blob/operations%2Fpuppet.git/production/modules%2Felasticsearch%2Ffiles%2Flogrotate](http://git.wikimedia.org/blob/operations%2Fpuppet.git/production/modules%2Felasticsearch%2Ffiles%2Flogrotate) [http://git.wikimedia.org/blob/operations%2Fpuppet.git/production/modules%2Felasticsearch%2Ftemplates%2Flogging.yml.erb](http://git.wikimedia.org/blob/operations%2Fpuppet.git/production/modules%2Felasticsearch%2Ftemplates%2Flogging.yml.erb) That last one is an erb file so don't use it verbatim - just use it for inspiration if you need it. Nik -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAPmjWd3LXqpE41xwL6fLgfqnGU%2BBKvn94kY-ktO13WRAdOeVBQ%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAPmjWd3LXqpE41xwL6fLgfqnGU%2BBKvn94kY-ktO13WRAdOeVBQ%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![IronMike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e9a140/32.png) [@IronMike](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/IronMike)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-log-management/18397/4 "2014-06-30T18:17:00Z")
Thanks, So do you keep all the logs? How do you delete old ones? On Monday, June 30, 2014 1:51:13 PM UTC-4, Ivan Brusic wrote: > Elasticsearch uses log4j for logging, so all logging configuration can be > done via the log4j config file logging.xml > > [https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/blob/master/config/logging.yml](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/blob/master/config/logging.yml) > > The default type is dailyRollingFile, which as the name states, rotates > the log file daily. > > -- > Ivan > > On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 8:02 AM, IronMan2014 \<[sabda...@gmail.com](mailto:sabda...@gmail.com) > \\> wrote: > > > Does Elasticsearch roll logs? Does it create new log with different name > > everyday? > > I would like to know how to manage logs, I would like to keep last 10 > > days worth of logs, but not more that that, as they can be very big. > > Any ideas What Elasticsearch already does and what I need to do in order > > to manage logs? > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com) \. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/61f7ff1c-021e-4aa9-bffd-ba72a6837c37%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/61f7ff1c-021e-4aa9-bffd-ba72a6837c37%40googlegroups.com) > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/61f7ff1c-021e-4aa9-bffd-ba72a6837c37%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/61f7ff1c-021e-4aa9-bffd-ba72a6837c37%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/c5ce353f-7275-40cc-b2bc-6a8376dbb091%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/c5ce353f-7275-40cc-b2bc-6a8376dbb091%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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, 1:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-log-management/18397/5 "2017-07-06T01:18:51Z")