how to limit collector-gc.log creation under /var/log/ambari-metrics-collector

[#1]

Under ambari-metrics-collector we have many files as ollector-gc.log

how to limit the number of this files to 5 max ?

as I know we can set the follwing syntax in ambari configuration ( I guess ams-env )

-XX:+UseGCLogFileRotation -XX:NumberOfGCLogFiles=5 -XX:GCLogFileSize=4K

but I am not sure on which variable in ams-env we can set it ?

/var/log/ambari-metrics-collector

4.0K    collector-gc.log-201804251456
4.0K    collector-gc.log-201804251517
4.0K    collector-gc.log-201805011453
4.0K    collector-gc.log-201805031000
4.0K    collector-gc.log-201805061332
4.0K    collector-gc.log-201805071101
4.0K    collector-gc.log-201805211039
4.0K    collector-gc.log-201806031253
4.0K    collector-gc.log-201806041646
4.0K    collector-gc.log-201806131159
4.0K    collector-gc.log-201806131204
4.0K    collector-gc.log-201806131219
4.0K    collector-gc.log-201806240625
4.0K    collector-gc.log-201806241235
4.0K    collector-gc.log-201806241409
4.0K    collector-gc.log-201806280803
4.0K    collector-gc.log-201807160859
4.0K    collector-gc.log-201807160908
4.0K    collector-gc.log-201807160913
4.0K    collector-gc.log-201807160930
4.0K    collector-gc.log-201807160934
4.0K    collector-gc.log-201807160937
4.0K    collector-gc.log-201807161112
4.0K    collector-gc.log-201807161114
4.0K    collector-gc.log-201807161118
4.0K    collector-gc.log-201807161130
4.0K    collector-gc.log-201807161132
4.0K    collector-gc.log-201807161137
4.0K    collector-gc.log-201807161147
4.0K    collector-gc.log-201807161152
4.0K    collector-gc.log-201807161201

[#2 · Accepted solution]

Hi @Michael Bronson ,

Adding the below parameters for AMS_COLLECTOR_GC_OPTS in ams-env template and SERVER_GC_OPTS in ams-hbase-env template via ambari

-XX:+UseGCLogFileRotation -XX:NumberOfGCLogFiles=5 -XX:GCLogFileSize=4K

Helped me.

I hope this is your query.

you might need to add it in this two places to control collector-gc.log and gc.log

Hope this helps.

if you find this answer usefull please mark the 'accept' button so that it helps other community users to find the best one.

[#3]

can I add the syntax on the end of the line - so the final line should be like this ?

export AMS_COLLECTOR_GC_OPTS="-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -verbose:gc -XX:+PrintGCDetails -XX:+PrintGCDateStamps -Xloggc:{{ams_collector_log_dir}}/collector-gc.log-`date +'%Y%m%d%H%M'` -XX:+UseGCLogFileRotation -XX:NumberOfGCLogFiles=5 -XX:GCLogFileSize=4K"

[#4]

Hi @Michael Bronson ,

Yeah exactly thats what i did.