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Changing log file retention settings

Default retention for striim.server.log and striim.agent.log is nine 1 GB files. To alter these settings,

  1. For a Striim server, edit striim/conf/log4j.server.properties.

    For a Forwarding Agent, edit agent/conf/log4j.agent.properties.

  2. To change the number of files, change the value of appender.CommandFileAppender.strategy.max.

    To change the size of the files, change the value of appender.CommandFileAppender.policies.size.size.

  3. Save the file.

  4. Restart Striim (see Starting and stopping Striim Platform) or the Forwarding Agent (see Starting and stopping the Forwarding Agent).