How to change ES 5.2 log names in log4j 2 config?

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Hi,

I'm trying to get the ES log file names to contain the node name.

I checked various documentations but couldn't find anything in the 5.2 docs. Also tried various es.logs.* combinations found in other the docs but they don't seem to work.

Many thanks for your help,

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Hi Elastic Team,

Could you please advise on this?

According to the 5.x documentation: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.x/settings.html#logging setting this should work ${sys:es.logs.node_name} (if the node name is explicitly set via node.name) however it doesn't in 5.2.

In the current documentation: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/settings.html#logging it doesn't mention anything about naming the log files based on node names.

In the upcoming changes doc: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.x/breaking-changes-5.3.html it mentions about sys:es.logs.node_name which is the same as the first link so I guess the feature is not available in 5.2 and will only become available in 5.3?

Cheers,

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Correct. The first version that feature will be available in is 5.3.0.

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Awesome, many thanks for the confirmation.

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By the way, any rough timelines for when 5.3 gonna be out?

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I'm terribly sorry, but we do not provide release timelines.

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No worries, many thanks for the reply.

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You're very welcome.