How to change the location of stdout and stderr logs
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Summary
If JIRA is running as service in Windows, stdout_*.log and stderr_*.log files will be created. These files will grow rapidly and over time can become very large. You can change the location of these files to a different location, if needed, using the following methods:
Solution
Method 1
Open the
service.batfile with editor and find the parameter below:1 2 3set PR_LOGPATH=%CATALINA_BASE%\logs set PR_STDOUTPUT=auto set PR_STDERROR=autoChange
set PR_LOGPATH=%CATALINA_BASE%\logsto any location you wish, for exampleset PR_LOGPATH=D:\logsRun
service.bat install JIRA_SERVICE_NAMEto install JIRA as a service again.
Method 2
Open the JIRA service configuration as explained at Setting Properties and Options on Startup - via CommandLine.
Modify the location of the
Redirect StdoutandRedirect Stderrpaths as shown in the screenshot below:
ℹ️ Ensure that the user running Jira service has appropriate permissions to the file/directory where you want to redirect the logs to
Apply the changes.
Restart JIRA service for the changes to take effect.
ℹ️ You can also rotate Catalina log file. See How to Rotate Catalina Log File
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