File Rotation

If you are using the Logback, it is possible to fine-tune log rotation settings using your application.properties or application.yaml file. For all other logging system, you will need to configure rotation settings directly yourself (for example, if you use Log4j2 then you could add a log4j2.xml or log4j2-spring.xml file).

The following rotation policy properties are supported:

Name Description

Name	Description
`logging.logback.rollingpolicy.file-name-pattern`	The filename pattern used to create log archives.
`logging.logback.rollingpolicy.clean-history-on-start`	If log archive cleanup should occur when the application starts.
`logging.logback.rollingpolicy.max-file-size`	The maximum size of log file before it is archived.
`logging.logback.rollingpolicy.total-size-cap`	The maximum amount of size log archives can take before being deleted.
`logging.logback.rollingpolicy.max-history`	The maximum number of archive log files to keep (defaults to 7).

logging.logback.rollingpolicy.file-name-pattern

The filename pattern used to create log archives.

logging.logback.rollingpolicy.clean-history-on-start

If log archive cleanup should occur when the application starts.

logging.logback.rollingpolicy.max-file-size

The maximum size of log file before it is archived.

logging.logback.rollingpolicy.total-size-cap

The maximum amount of size log archives can take before being deleted.

logging.logback.rollingpolicy.max-history

The maximum number of archive log files to keep (defaults to 7).