Log4j file compressed rotation with sizebased policy

[#1]

Below properties can be used to configure the log4j settings for size based compressed backup.

Here is an example for Hive service.

log4j.appender.DRFA.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.DRFA=org.apache.log4j.rolling.RollingFileAppender
log4j.appender.DRFA.rollingPolicy=org.apache.log4j.rolling.FixedWindowRollingPolicy  
log4j.appender.DRFA.triggeringPolicy=org.apache.log4j.rolling.SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy  
log4j.appender.DRFA.rollingPolicy.ActiveFileName =${hive.log.dir}/${hive.log.file}.log
log4j.appender.DRFA.rollingPolicy.FileNamePattern=${hive.log.dir}/${hive.log.file}-.%i.log.gz
log4j.appender.DRFA.triggeringPolicy.MaxFileSize=10000
log4j.appender.DRFA.rollingPolicy.maxIndex=10

For some reason maxfilesize is not working if used like 1MB like that - so use live above.

Note: please check console log (.out or .err) for any WARNINGS if does not work

[#2]

Hi Amarnath,

Will this work for Oozie? If not do you have similar log4j setting for oozie?

Thanks,

Sajin