Filebeat handler open rotated log files

[nomis (Simon)]

On our kuberntes cluster we rotate the logs using the dockerd option "--log-opt max-size and --log-opt max-file". When the log are rotated filebeat still hold the rotated log file. We keep only 3 rotated log files, this will result in fielbeat still referencing deleted files.

The issue is similar to Filebeat Holds open rotated log files. But i did not see any workaround or solution.

I see option "close_rename" but not sure how safe is to enable this option. Or is there any other solution? Im using filebeat version 6.7 Please let me know.

[nomis (Simon)]

To add to it, it looks like its not closing the file "docker_id.log.1" even after the close_inactive time of 5m

[kumarabhi (Abhishek)]

Filebeat configs are safe.

I am using the closing options (provided below) and do see file closing due to inactivity

File is inactive: /home/xyz/log//stderr.txt. Closing because close_inactive of 5m0s reached.

Did you try close_removed: true for stopping harvesters when old files are deleted ?

 ### Harvester closing options

  # Close inactive closes the file handler after the predefined period.
  # The period starts when the last line of the file was, not the file ModTime.
  # Time strings like 2h (2 hours), 5m (5 minutes) can be used.
  close_inactive: 5m

  # Close renamed closes a file handler when the file is renamed or rotated.
  # Note: Potential data loss. Make sure to read and understand the docs for this option.
  close_renamed: false

  # When enabling this option, a file handler is closed immediately in case a file can't be found
  # any more. In case the file shows up again later, harvesting will continue at the last known position
  # after scan_frequency.
  close_removed: true

  # Closes the file handler as soon as the harvesters reaches the end of the file.
  # By default this option is disabled.
  # Note: Potential data loss. Make sure to read and understand the docs for this option.
  close_eof: false