size of boot.log file in jboss 6.x get out of control - jboss6.x

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I am using jboss-6.1.0.Final, when I start my server, log file(boot.log) size getting increased and increased its 16GB first time.
I stop my application server and again start but issue still persist....! and size of file is 20GB and again 16GB.
I google lot...! I found below property in {JBOSS_HOME}\server\server_name\deploy\jboss-logging.xml for server.log .
<size-rotating-file-handler
file-name="${jboss.server.log.dir}/server.log"
name="FILE"
autoflush="true"
append="true"
rotate-size="500k"
max-backup-index="2">
<error-manager>
<only-once/>
</error-manager>
<formatter>
<pattern-formatter pattern="%d %-5p [%c] (%t) %m%n"/>
</formatter>
</size-rotating-file-handler>
I change
file-name="${jboss.server.log.dir}/server.log"
to
file-name="${jboss.server.log.dir}/boot.log"
but its not working... Is it right way to do so...? or any other way to achieve same
This is my jboss-logging.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- ===================================================================== -->
<!-- -->
<!-- Logging System Configuration -->
<!-- -->
<!-- ===================================================================== -->
<logging xmlns="urn:jboss:logging:6.0" xmlns:b="urn:jboss:bean-deployer:2.0">
<!-- ================================= -->
<!-- Preserve messages in a local file -->
<!-- ================================= -->
<!-- A time/date based rolling handler -->
<periodic-rotating-file-handler
file-name="${jboss.server.log.dir}/server.log"
name="FILE"
autoflush="true"
append="true"
suffix=".yyyy-MM-dd"> <!-- To roll over at the top of each hour, use ".yyyy-MM-dd-HH" instead -->
<error-manager>
<only-once/>
</error-manager>
<formatter>
<!-- To revert back to simple stack traces without JAR versions, change "%E" to "%e" below. -->
<!-- Uncomment this to get the class name in the log as well as the category
<pattern-formatter pattern="%d %-5p [%c] %C{1} (%t) %s%E%n"/>
-->
<!-- Uncomment this to log without the class name in the log -->
<pattern-formatter pattern="%d %-5p [%c] (%t) %s%E%n"/>
</formatter>
</periodic-rotating-file-handler>
<!-- A size based file rolling appender
<size-rotating-file-handler
file-name="${jboss.server.log.dir}/server.log"
name="FILE"
autoflush="true"
append="true"
rotate-size="500k"
max-backup-index="5">
<error-manager>
<only-once/>
</error-manager>
<formatter>
<pattern-formatter pattern="%d %-5p [%c] (%t) %m%n"/>
</formatter>
</size-rotating-file-handler>
-->
<!-- ============================== -->
<!-- Append messages to the console -->
<!-- ============================== -->
<console-handler name="CONSOLE" autoflush="true" target="System.out">
<error-manager>
<only-once/>
</error-manager>
<level name="INFO"/>
<formatter>
<pattern-formatter pattern="%d{HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p [%c] %s%E%n"/>
</formatter>
</console-handler>
<!-- ====================== -->
<!-- More Appender examples -->
<!-- ====================== -->
<!-- Buffer events and log them asynchronously
<async-handler name="ASYNC">
<error-manager>
<only-once/>
</error-manager>
<sub-handlers>
<handler-ref name="FILE"/>
<handler-ref name="CONSOLE"/>
<handler-ref name="SMTP"/>
</sub-handlers>
</async-handler>
-->
<!-- EMail events to an administrator
<log4j-appender name="SMTP" class="org.apache.log4j.net.SMTPAppender">
<error-manager>
<only-once/>
</error-manager>
<level name="ERROR"/>
<properties>
<property name="to">admin#myhost.domain.com</property>
<property name="from">nobody#myhost.domain.com</property>
<property name="subject">JBoss Sever Errors</property>
<property name="SMTPHost">localhost</property>
<property name="bufferSize">10</property>
</properties>
<formatter>
<pattern-formatter pattern="%d %-5p [%c] (%t) %m%n"/>
</formatter>
</log4j-appender>
-->
<!-- Syslog events
<log4j-appender name="SYSLOG" class="org.apache.log4j.net.SyslogAppender">
<error-manager>
<only-once/>
</error-manager>
<properties>
<property name="facility">LOCAL7</property>
<property name="facilityPrinting">true</property>
<property name="syslogHost">localhost</property>
</properties>
<formatter>
<pattern-formatter pattern="[%d,%c{1}] %m%n"/>
</formatter>
</log4j-appender>
-->
<!-- Log events to JMS (requires a topic to be created)
<log4j-appender name="JMS" class="org.apache.log4j.net.JMSAppender">
<error-manager>
<only-once/>
</error-manager>
<level name="ERROR"/>
<properties>
<property name="topicConnectionFactoryBindingName">
--><!-- Use injection so that an implicit dependency is formed - TODO: get the correct property name --><!--
<b:inject bean="myTopicBiding" property="name"/>
</property>
<property name="topicBindingName">topic/MyErrorsTopic</property>
</properties>
</log4j-appender>
-->
<!-- Log events through SNMP
<log4j-appender name="TRAP_LOG" class="org.apache.log4j.ext.SNMPTrapAppender">
<error-manager>
<only-once/>
</error-manager>
<level name="DEBUG"/>
<properties>
<property name="implementationClassName">org.apache.log4j.ext.JoeSNMPTrapSender</property>
<property name="managementHost">127.0.0.1</property>
<property name="managementHostTrapListenPort">162</property>
<property name="enterpriseOID">1.3.6.1.4.1.24.0</property>
<property name="localIPAddress">127.0.0.1</property>
<property name="localTrapSendPort">161</property>
<property name="genericTrapType">6</property>
<property name="specificTrapType">12345678</property>
<property name="communityString">public</property>
<property name="forwardStackTraceWithTrap">true</property>
<property name="applicationTrapOID">1.3.6.1.4.1.24.12.10.22.64</property>
</properties>
<formatter>
<pattern-formatter pattern="%d,%p,[%t],[%c],%m%n"/>
</formatter>
</log4j-appender>
-->
<!-- Emit events as JMX notifications
<log4j-appender name="JMX" class="org.jboss.monitor.services.JMXNotificationAppender">
<error-manager>
<only-once/>
</error-manager>
<level name="WARN"/>
<properties>
<property name="objectName">jboss.system:service=Logging,type=JMXNotificationAppender</property>
</properties>
<formatter>
<pattern-formatter pattern="%d %-5p [%c] %m"/>
</formatter>
</log4j-appender>
-->
<!-- Security AUDIT Appender
<periodic-rotating-file-handler
name="AUDIT"
autoflush="true"
file-name="${jboss.server.log.dir}/audit.log"
suffix=".yyyy-MM-dd"
append="true">
<error-manager>
<only-once/>
</error-manager>
<formatter>
<pattern-formatter pattern="%d %-5p [%c] (%t:%x) %m%n"/>
</formatter>
</periodic-rotating-file-handler>
-->
<!-- =============================================== -->
<!-- Limit categories -->
<!-- if enabling "trace" at root logger level, -->
<!-- use limit category settings to disable trace -->
<!-- for packages that you don't want to trace -->
<!-- =============================================== -->
<!-- Limit the org.apache category to INFO as its DEBUG is verbose -->
<logger category="org.apache">
<level name="INFO"/>
</logger>
<!-- Limit the jacorb category to WARN as its INFO is verbose -->
<logger category="jacorb">
<level name="WARN"/>
</logger>
<!-- Limit JSF to INFO as its FINE is verbose -->
<logger category="javax.enterprise.resource.webcontainer.jsf">
<level name="INFO"/>
</logger>
<!-- Limit the org.jgroups category to WARN as its INFO is verbose -->
<logger category="org.jgroups">
<level name="WARN"/>
</logger>
<!-- Limit the org.quartz category to INFO as its DEBUG is verbose -->
<logger category="org.quartz">
<level name="INFO"/>
</logger>
<!-- Limit the com.sun category to INFO as its FINE is verbose -->
<logger category="com.sun">
<level name="INFO"/>
</logger>
<!-- Limit the sun category to INFO as its FINE is verbose -->
<logger category="sun">
<level name="INFO"/>
</logger>
<!-- Limit the javax.xml.bind category to INFO as its FINE is verbose -->
<logger category="javax.xml.bind">
<level name="INFO"/>
</logger>
<!-- Limit the springframework category to WARN-->
<logger category="org.springframework">
<level name="WARN"/>
</logger>
<!-- Limit JBoss categories
<logger category="org.jboss">
<level name="INFO"/>
</logger>
-->
<!-- Or limit individual JBoss categories
<logger category="org.jboss.web">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.tm">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.jdbc">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.on">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.services">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.bootstrap">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.kernel">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.beans">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.injection">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.annotation">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.system">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.mx">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.jmx">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.invocation">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.classloader">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.classloading">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.deployment">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.deployers">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.dependency">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.metadata">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.detailed">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.logging">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.logbridge">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.aop">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.joinpoint">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.util">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.ha">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.resource">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.varia">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.net">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.security">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.console">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.wsf">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.ejb">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.ejb3">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.jpa">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.vfs">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.xb">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.naming">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.wsf">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.ws">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.mail">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.monitor">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.remoting">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.profileservice">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.cache">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.proxy">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.jms">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.messaging">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.webbeans">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.managed">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
-->
<!-- Limit Arjuna transaction manager -->
<logger category="com.arjuna.ats">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
<!-- Limit Hibernate
<logger category="org.hibernate">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
-->
<!-- Limit Ajax4jsf
<logger category="org.ajax4jsf">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
-->
<!-- Limit JNP
<logger category="org.jnp">
<level name="INFO" />
</logger>
-->
<!-- Limit the JSR77 categories -->
<logger category="org.jboss.management">
<level name="INFO"/>
</logger>
<!-- Limit the verbose facelets compiler -->
<!-- Also suppress error with legacy facelets (JBAS-7600) -->
<logger category="facelets.compiler">
<level name="WARN"/>
<filter>
<not>
<match pattern="Error\sLoading\sLibrary.*jsf-libs/jsf-impl"/>
</not>
</filter>
</logger>
<!-- Limit the verbose ajax4jsf cache initialization
<logger category="org.ajax4jsf.cache">
<level name="WARN"/>
</logger>
-->
<!-- Limit the verbose embedded jopr categories
<logger category="org.rhq">
<level name="WARN"/>
</logger>
-->
<!-- Limit the verbose seam categories
<logger category="org.jboss.seam">
<level name="WARN"/>
</logger>
-->
<!-- Show the evolution of the DataSource pool in the logs [inUse/Available/Max]
<logger category="org.jboss.resource.connectionmanager.JBossManagedConnectionPool">
<level name="TRACE"/>
</logger>
-->
<!-- Category specifically for Security Audit Provider
<logger category="org.jboss.security.audit.providers.LogAuditProvider" additivity="false">
<level name="TRACE"/>
<appender-ref ref="AUDIT"/>
</logger>
-->
<!-- Limit the org.jboss.serial (jboss-serialization) to INFO as its DEBUG is verbose -->
<logger category="org.jboss.serial">
<level name="INFO"/>
</logger>
<!-- Decrease the priority threshold for the org.jboss.varia category
<logger category="org.jboss.varia">
<level name="DEBUG"/>
</logger>
-->
<!-- Enable JBossWS message tracing
<logger category="org.jboss.ws.core.MessageTrace">
<level name="TRACE"/>
</logger>
-->
<!-- Enable System log message tracing
<logger category="org.jboss.system">
<level name="TRACE"/>
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.ejb.plugins">
<level name="TRACE"/>
</logger>
-->
<!--
| Logs these events to SNMP:
- server starts/stops
- cluster evolution (node death/startup)
- When an EJB archive is deployed (and associated verified messages)
- When an EAR archive is deployed
<logger category="org.jboss.system.server.Server">
<level name="INFO"/>
<handlers>
<handler-ref name="TRAP_LOG"/>
</handlers>
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.ha.framework.interfaces.HAPartition.lifecycle">
<level name="INFO"/>
<handlers>
<handler-ref name="TRAP_LOG"/>
</handlers>
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer">
<level name="ERROR"/>
<handlers>
<handler-ref name="TRAP_LOG"/>
</handlers>
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.ejb.EJBDeployer">
<level name="INFO"/>
<handlers>
<handler-ref name="TRAP_LOG"/>
</handlers>
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.deployment.EARDeployer">
<level name="INFO"/>
<handlers>
<handler-ref name="TRAP_LOG"/>
</handlers>
</logger>
-->
<!-- Reduce org.mc4j stuff in the logs -->
<logger category="org.mc4j">
<level name="WARN"/>
</logger>
<!-- Clustering logging -->
<!-- Uncomment the following to redirect the org.jgroups and
org.jboss.ha categories to a cluster.log file.
<size-rotating-file-handler
file-name="${jboss.server.log.dir}/cluster.log"
name="CLUSTER"
append="false"
rotate-size="500k"
max-backup-index="5"
autoflush="true">
<error-manager>
<only-once/>
</error-manager>
<formatter>
<pattern-formatter pattern="%d %-5p [%c] %m%n"/>
</formatter>
</size-rotating-file-handler>
<logger category="org.jgroups">
<level name="DEBUG" />
<handlers>
<handler-ref name="CLUSTER"/>
</handlers>
</logger>
<logger category="org.jboss.ha">
<level name="DEBUG" />
<handlers>
<handler-ref name="CLUSTER"/>
</handlers>
</logger>
-->
<!-- This is a temporary workaround for https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/EMBJOPR-280 and
should be removed once that bug if fixed in the bundled admin-console war. -->
<logger category="org.rhq.plugins.jbossas5.ApplicationServerComponent">
<level name="FATAL"/>
</logger>
<!-- ======================= -->
<!-- Setup the Root category -->
<!-- ======================= -->
<root-logger>
<!-- Set the root logger priority via a system property, with a default value. -->
<level name="${jboss.server.log.threshold:INFO}"/>
<handlers>
<handler-ref name="CONSOLE"/>
<handler-ref name="FILE"/>
</handlers>
</root-logger>
</logging>
and this is logging.properties
# Additional logger names to configure (root logger is always configured)
#loggers=org.jboss.whatever,org.jboss.foo
loggers=org.jboss.system.server.ServerInfo
# Root logger level
logger.level=${jboss.boot.server.log.level:INFO}
# Root logger handlers
logger.handlers=CONSOLE, FILE
# Allow debug logging from ServerInfo to get the system properties dump
logger.org.jboss.system.server.ServerInfo.level=${jboss.boot.server.log.serverinfo.level:DEBUG}
# Console handler configuration
handler.CONSOLE=org.jboss.logmanager.handlers.ConsoleHandler
handler.CONSOLE.properties=autoFlush
handler.CONSOLE.level=${jboss.boot.server.log.console.level:INFO}
handler.CONSOLE.autoFlush=true
handler.CONSOLE.formatter=PATTERN
# Boot log file handler configuration
handler.FILE=org.jboss.logmanager.handlers.FileHandler
handler.FILE.level=${jboss.boot.server.log.file.level:DEBUG}
handler.FILE.properties=autoFlush,fileName
handler.FILE.autoFlush=true
handler.FILE.fileName=${jboss.boot.server.log.dir}/boot.log
handler.FILE.formatter=PATTERN
# Formatter pattern configuration
formatter.PATTERN=org.jboss.logmanager.formatters.PatternFormatter
formatter.PATTERN.properties=pattern
formatter.PATTERN.pattern=%d{HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p [%c{1}] %s%E%n
How can I control the size of boot.log file
Anyone facing same.... thanks...!

Answer 1

In logging.properties change your handler.FILE=org.jboss.logmanager.handlers.FileHandler
to handler.FILE=org.jboss.logmanager.handlers.SizeRotatingFileHandler