Candlepin or HTTPD log files are not rotated and filling up the file system in Red Hat Satellite 6.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Parent filesystem /var/log is filled up with candlepin.log file.

    [root@test ]# ls -lrth /var/log/candlepin/*
    
    total 19316752
    -rw-r--r--. 1 tomcat tomcat        4081 Apr 11 13:51 audit.log
    -rw-r--r--. 1 tomcat tomcat       60916 Apr 11 13:38 audit.log.1.gz
    -rw-r--r--. 1 tomcat tomcat         203 Apr  8 16:37 audit.log.2.gz
    -rw-r--r--. 1 tomcat tomcat         412 Apr  8 16:34 audit.log.3.gz
    -rw-r--r--. 1 tomcat tomcat         279 Apr  8 16:21 audit.log.4.gz
    -rw-r--r--. 1 tomcat tomcat          20 Apr  8 16:13 audit.log.5.gz
    -rw-r--r--. 1 tomcat tomcat 10832789413 Apr 11 13:51 candlepin.log    << Check the size here.
    -rw-r--r--. 1 tomcat tomcat  8946950489 Apr 11 13:39 error.log
    
  • Candlepin log files are not rotated as it keeps writing to the same file.

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6

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