# Kibana logging destination

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-logging-destination/95855>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [August 4, 2017, 10:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-logging-destination/95855 "2017-08-04T10:11:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![mruthyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@mruthyu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mruthyu)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 10:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-logging-destination/95855/1 "2017-08-04T10:11:12Z")

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How to make the kibana log file a daily rolling one.

#logging.dest: stdout  
logging.dest: /project/kibana/logs/kibana-log.txt

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**Author:** ![bhavyarm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bhavyarm/32/22392_2.png) [@bhavyarm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bhavyarm)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 1:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-logging-destination/95855/2 "2017-08-04T13:25:12Z")

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Hi,

It depends on which OS you are using, which versions of Kibana and elasticsearch and whether you are running them as a service?

If you could let me know, we can try to figure it out.

Thanks,  
Bhavya

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**Author:** ![mruthyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@mruthyu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mruthyu)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2017, 4:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-logging-destination/95855/3 "2017-08-05T04:34:22Z")

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Linux OS  
ELK 5.4.3 version  
The installation is through the gzip file.

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**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:** [August 5, 2017, 5:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-logging-destination/95855/4 "2017-08-05T05:48:09Z")

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The zip files log to stdout.

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**Author:** ![mruthyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@mruthyu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mruthyu)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2017, 5:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-logging-destination/95855/5 "2017-08-05T05:50:03Z")

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Sorry. I didn't get that. What should be the logging.dest value?

#logging.dest: stdout  
logging.dest: /project/kibana/logs/kibana-log.txt

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**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:** [August 5, 2017, 6:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-logging-destination/95855/6 "2017-08-05T06:07:56Z")

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If that is what you set then it will log to there.

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**Author:** ![mruthyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@mruthyu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mruthyu)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2017, 6:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-logging-destination/95855/7 "2017-08-05T06:10:55Z")

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I want to have it as a daily rolling one, other wise it will be a very big file. I want to have a new file generated everyday.

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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:** [September 2, 2017, 6:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-logging-destination/95855/8 "2017-09-02T06:11:01Z")

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