How to rotate Audit log based on size in JBoss EAP 6?

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Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 6.x

Issue

  • Is it possible to ratate the audit log using size-rotating-file-handler in JBoss EAP 6 as below:
<size-rotating-file-handler name="SAMPLE_AUDIT" autoflush="true" formatter="json-formatter">
   <file relative-to="jboss.server.log.dir" path="audit-log.log"/>
   <rotate-size value="10m"/>
   <max-backup-index value="9"/>
   <append value="true"/>
</size-rotating-file-handler>

Resolution

  • Audit log can be can be configured by using a file handler or by using syslog handler.

  • Below is the information from xsd jboss-as-config_1_5.xsd

             :
 <xs:complexType name="audit-log-handlersType">
    <xs:annotation>
        <xs:documentation>
            Declaration of management operation audit logging handlers.
        </xs:documentation>
    </xs:annotation>
    <xs:choice minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded">
        <xs:element name="file-handler" type="file-audit-log-handlerType"/>
        <xs:element name="syslog-handler" type="syslog-audit-log-handlerType"/>
    </xs:choice>
 </xs:complexType>
        :

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