# RolloverStrategy in elasticsearch 5.6

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rolloverstrategy-in-elasticsearch-5-6/123773>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 13, 2018, 4:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rolloverstrategy-in-elasticsearch-5-6/123773 "2018-03-13T16:13:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hornov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c67d28/32.png) [@Hornov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Hornov)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 4:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rolloverstrategy-in-elasticsearch-5-6/123773/1 "2018-03-13T16:13:01Z")

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elasticsearch does well name my files with the date but it can't delete the older.  
Do you have any idea ?

My /etc/elasticsearch/log4j2.properties :  
status = error

# log action execution errors for easier debugging

logger.action.name = org.elasticsearch.action  
logger.action.level = debug

appender.console.type = Console  
appender.console.name = console  
appender.console.layout.type = PatternLayout  
appender.console.layout.pattern = [%d{ISO8601}][%-5p][%-25c{1.}] %marker%m%n

appender.rolling.type = RollingFile  
appender.rolling.name = rolling  
appender.rolling.fileName = ${sys:es.logs.base\_path}${sys:file.separator}${sys:es.logs.cluster\_name}.log  
appender.rolling.layout.type = PatternLayout  
appender.rolling.layout.pattern = [%d{ISO8601}][%-5p][%-25c{1.}] %marker%.-10000m%n  
appender.rolling.filePattern = ${sys:es.logs.base\_path}${sys:file.separator}${sys:es.logs.cluster\_name}-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.log  
appender.rolling.policies.type = Policies  
appender.rolling.policies.time.type = TimeBasedTriggeringPolicy  
appender.rolling.policies.time.interval = 1  
appender.rolling.policies.time.modulate = true

rootLogger.level = info  
rootLogger.appenderRef.console.ref = console  
rootLogger.appenderRef.rolling.ref = rolling

appender.deprecation\_rolling.type = RollingFile  
appender.deprecation\_rolling.name = deprecation\_rolling  
appender.deprecation\_rolling.fileName = ${sys:es.logs.base\_path}${sys:file.separator}${sys:es.logs.cluster\_name}\_deprecation.log  
appender.deprecation\_rolling.layout.type = PatternLayout  
appender.deprecation\_rolling.layout.pattern = [%d{ISO8601}][%-5p][%-25c{1.}] %marker%.-10000m%n  
appender.deprecation\_rolling.filePattern = ${sys:es.logs.base\_path}${sys:file.separator}${sys:es.logs.cluster\_name}\_deprecation-%i.log.gz  
appender.deprecation\_rolling.policies.type = Policies  
appender.deprecation\_rolling.policies.size.type = SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy  
appender.deprecation\_rolling.policies.size.size = 1GB  
appender.deprecation\_rolling.strategy.type = DefaultRolloverStrategy  
appender.deprecation\_rolling.strategy.max = 4

logger.deprecation.name = org.elasticsearch.deprecation  
logger.deprecation.level = warn  
logger.deprecation.appenderRef.deprecation\_rolling.ref = deprecation\_rolling  
logger.deprecation.additivity = false

appender.index\_search\_slowlog\_rolling.type = RollingFile  
appender.index\_search\_slowlog\_rolling.name = index\_search\_slowlog\_rolling  
appender.index\_search\_slowlog\_rolling.fileName = ${sys:es.logs.base\_path}${sys:file.separator}${sys:es.logs.cluster\_name}\_index\_search\_slowlog.log  
appender.index\_search\_slowlog\_rolling.layout.type = PatternLayout  
appender.index\_search\_slowlog\_rolling.layout.pattern = [%d{ISO8601}][%-5p][%-25c] %marker%.-10000m%n  
appender.index\_search\_slowlog\_rolling.filePattern = ${sys:es.logs.base\_path}${sys:file.separator}${sys:es.logs.cluster\_name}\_index\_search\_slowlog-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.log  
appender.index\_search\_slowlog\_rolling.policies.type = Policies  
appender.index\_search\_slowlog\_rolling.policies.time.type = TimeBasedTriggeringPolicy  
appender.index\_search\_slowlog\_rolling.policies.time.interval = 1  
appender.index\_search\_slowlog\_rolling.policies.time.modulate = true

logger.index\_search\_slowlog\_rolling.name = index.search.slowlog  
logger.index\_search\_slowlog\_rolling.level = trace  
logger.index\_search\_slowlog\_rolling.appenderRef.index\_search\_slowlog\_rolling.ref = index\_search\_slowlog\_rolling  
logger.index\_search\_slowlog\_rolling.additivity = false

appender.index\_indexing\_slowlog\_rolling.type = RollingFile  
appender.index\_indexing\_slowlog\_rolling.name = index\_indexing\_slowlog\_rolling  
appender.index\_indexing\_slowlog\_rolling.fileName = ${sys:es.logs.base\_path}${sys:file.separator}${sys:es.logs.cluster\_name}\_index\_indexing\_slowlog.log  
appender.index\_indexing\_slowlog\_rolling.layout.type = PatternLayout  
appender.index\_indexing\_slowlog\_rolling.layout.pattern = [%d{ISO8601}][%-5p][%-25c] %marker%.-10000m%n  
appender.index\_indexing\_slowlog\_rolling.filePattern = ${sys:es.logs.base\_path}${sys:file.separator}${sys:es.logs.cluster\_name}\_index\_indexing\_slowlog-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.log  
appender.index\_indexing\_slowlog\_rolling.policies.type = Policies  
appender.index\_indexing\_slowlog\_rolling.policies.time.type = TimeBasedTriggeringPolicy  
appender.index\_indexing\_slowlog\_rolling.policies.time.interval = 1  
appender.index\_indexing\_slowlog\_rolling.policies.time.modulate = true

logger.index\_indexing\_slowlog.name = index.indexing.slowlog.index  
logger.index\_indexing\_slowlog.level = trace  
logger.index\_indexing\_slowlog.appenderRef.index\_indexing\_slowlog\_rolling.ref = index\_indexing\_slowlog\_rolling  
logger.index\_indexing\_slowlog.additivity = false

appender.rolling.strategy.type = DefaultRolloverStrategy  
appender.rolling.strategy.action.type = Delete  
appender.rolling.strategy.action.basepath = ${sys:es.logs.base\_path}  
appender.rolling.strategy.action.condition.type = IfFileName  
appender.rolling.strategy.action.condition.glob = ${sys:es.logs.cluster\_name}-\*  
appender.rolling.strategy.action.condition.nested\_condition.type = IfLastModified  
appender.rolling.strategy.action.condition.nested\_condition.age = 7D

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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:** [April 10, 2018, 4:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rolloverstrategy-in-elasticsearch-5-6/123773/2 "2018-04-10T16:13:14Z")

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