Rotating the Log Based on Time (Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.2 Administration Guide)

Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.2 Administration Guide

Rotating the Log Based on Time

The examples in this section show how to configure log rotation according to the time since the last rotation, irrespective of log size.

This configuration rotates the log at 3:00 today and then every 8 hours, irrespective of the size of the log file.

$ dpconf set-access-log-prop -h host1 -p 1389 log-rotation-frequency:8h \
 log-rotation-policy:periodic log-rotation-start-time:0300

This configuration rotates the log at 3:00, 13:00 and 23:00 every day, irrespective of the size of the log file. Because the log-rotation-start-time parameter takes precedence over the log-rotation-frequency parameter, the log is rotated at 23:00 and then 4 hours later. The log is not rotated at 23:00 and then 10 hours later.
$ dpconf set-access-log-prop -h host1 -p 1389 log-rotation-frequency:10h \ log-rotation-policy:periodic log-rotation-start-time:0300

This configuration rotates the log at noon on Monday, and then at the same time every week, irrespective of the size of the log file.

$ dpconf set-access-log-prop -h host1 -p 1389 log-rotation-frequency:1w \
 log-rotation-policy:periodic log-rotation-start-day:2 log-rotation-start-time:1200

This configuration rotates the log at noon on Monday, and then every 3 days, irrespective of the size of the log file.
$ dpconf set-access-log-prop -h host1 -p 1389 log-rotation-frequency:3d \ log-rotation-policy:periodic log-rotation-start-day:2 log-rotation-start-time:1200
The log is rotated on the following days: Monday, Thursday, Sunday, Wednesday, and so on. Notice that the log-rotation-start-day parameter applies to the first week only. The log is not rotated on the Monday of the second week.

This configuration rotates the log at noon on the 22^nd day of the month, and then at the same time every month, irrespective of log size.

$ dpconf set-access-log-prop -h host1 -p 1389 log-rotation-frequency:1m \
 log-rotation-policy:periodic log-rotation-start-day:22 \
 log-rotation-start-time:1200

If the log-rotation-start-day is set to 31 and the month has only 30 days, the log is rotated on the first day of the following month. If the log-rotation-start-day is set to 31 and the month has only 28 days (February), the log is rotated on the 3^rd.