How to roll tomcat 8.0 logs daily specifically localhost log file

Question

As written in title i want Daily rolling file appender for localhost log file.

I tried some configuration in logging.properties file as follow:

added following statement but it wont work.

2localhost.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler.limit = 102400 2localhost.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler.count = 5

Answer 1

I have just solved the same issue. You confused librariers I think, because attributes like limit and count has only java.util.logging.FileHandler and you used child AsyncFileHandler of org.apache.juli.FileHandler. So your logging properties should look like this:

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handlers = 1catalina.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler, 
2localhost.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler, 
3manager.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler, 4host-
manager.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler, java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler

.handlers = 1catalina.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler, 
java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler

############################################################
# Handler specific properties.
# Describes specific configuration info for Handlers.
############################################################

1catalina.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler.level = FINE
1catalina.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler.directory = ${catalina.base}/logs
1catalina.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler.prefix = catalina.

2localhost.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler.level = FINE
2localhost.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler.directory = ${catalina.base}/logs
2localhost.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler.prefix = localhost.

3manager.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler.level = FINE
3manager.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler.directory = ${catalina.base}/logs
3manager.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler.prefix = manager.

4host-manager.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler.level = FINE
4host-manager.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler.directory = 
${catalina.base}/logs
4host-manager.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler.prefix = host-manager.

java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.level = FINE
java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.formatter = org.apache.juli.OneLineFormatter


############################################################
# Facility specific properties.
# Provides extra control for each logger.
############################################################

org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].level = INFO
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].handlers = 
2localhost.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler

org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].
[/manager].level = INFO
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].
[/manager].handlers = 3manager.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler

org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/host-
manager].level = INFO
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/host-
manager].handlers = 4host-manager.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler

# For example, set the org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase logger to log
# each component that extends LifecycleBase changing state:
#org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.level = FINE

# To see debug messages in TldLocationsCache, uncomment the following line:
#org.apache.jasper.compiler.TldLocationsCache.level = FINE

# To see debug messages for HTTP/2 handling, uncomment the following line:
#org.apache.coyote.http2.level = FINE

# To see debug messages for WebSocket handling, uncomment the following line:
#org.apache.tomcat.websocket.level = FINE

It is sufficient, because FileHandler contain property rotatable and it has default value set to true. Like as it is written in the documentation pattern for log file names is {prefix}{date}{suffix}, so every log file will be rotated at midnight by this pattern.