# Is it possible to minimize the log size? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [September 24, 2015, 12:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-minimize-the-log-size/29912 "2015-09-24T12:12:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sarala.muralikrishna](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sarala.muralikrishna/32/22363_2.png) [@sarala.muralikrishna](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sarala.muralikrishna)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 12:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-minimize-the-log-size/29912/1 "2015-09-24T12:12:19Z")
I want to limit the size of elastic search log file and make it circular by giving the size ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 11:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-minimize-the-log-size/29912/2 "2015-09-25T11:36:43Z")
Take a look at [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/logging.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/logging.html) ---
**Author:** ![sarala.muralikrishna](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sarala.muralikrishna/32/22363_2.png) [@sarala.muralikrishna](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sarala.muralikrishna)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-minimize-the-log-size/29912/3 "2015-10-12T19:37:17Z")
Hi Warklom, I tried the suggestions but i see that the log file is too large it exceeds 2 gb with in 5mins. any other suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 9:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-minimize-the-log-size/29912/4 "2015-10-12T21:01:03Z")
Then perhaps you are trying to solve the wrong problem, as that is a MASSIVE log file. What are all the entries? ---
**Author:** ![sarala.muralikrishna](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sarala.muralikrishna/32/22363_2.png) [@sarala.muralikrishna](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sarala.muralikrishna)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 7:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-minimize-the-log-size/29912/5 "2015-10-13T07:32:21Z")
I think i found it, i was using jdbc river to populate documents and I found that it was throwing lots of errors. trying to debug what is causing the issue. thanks for your reply. ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 7:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-minimize-the-log-size/29912/6 "2015-10-13T07:39:52Z")
FYI rivers are deprecated, so you should move off them ASAP. ---
**Author:** ![sarala.muralikrishna](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sarala.muralikrishna/32/22363_2.png) [@sarala.muralikrishna](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sarala.muralikrishna)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 7:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-minimize-the-log-size/29912/7 "2015-10-13T07:40:51Z")
ultimately I will move but for my quick start as POC I would like to populate data from sql, any alternative? ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 7:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-minimize-the-log-size/29912/8 "2015-10-13T07:44:17Z")
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-inputs-jdbc.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-inputs-jdbc.html) is our recommended method. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 11:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-minimize-the-log-size/29912/9 "2017-07-05T23:45:09Z")