I want to delete log files automatically in my Spring Boot apps and use the following settings:
logging:
file:
name: './logs/application.log'
max-size: 10KB # for test purpose keep small
max-history: 5
Here is the documentation page: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.1.13.RELEASE/reference/html/boot-features-logging.html
However, neither max-size nor max-history is working and new log files are created more than 5.
I am not sure if I have to set logback config, but if I have to, is the following approach suitable for deleting log files automatically?
https://www.codejava.net/frameworks/spring-boot/logback-rolling-files-example
I think there is misunderstanding about what the properties mean.
According to https://www.codejava.net/frameworks/spring-boot/logback-rolling-files-example#
max-size
Sets the maximum size of one file, if the file size gets exceeded a new file will be created.
max-history
Sets the number of logs to keep. Older files will be deleted, if clean-history-on-start is set to true.
total-size-cap
Sets the limit for the total size of all log files.
You may instead consider this:
logging:
file:
name: './logs/application.log'
max-history: 5
total-size-cap: 10KB
clean-history-on-start: true
for further reference: Logback Documentation