make the logrotation configurable

closes #5994

1 files changed, 24 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/config/logging.rb b/config/logging.rb
index ae5d536fd..77214f7a4 100644
--- a/config/logging.rb
+++ b/config/logging.rb
@@ -36,18 +36,30 @@ Logging::Rails.configure do |config|
                            )
                           ) if config.log_to.include? "stdout"
 
-  # Configure an appender that will write log events to a file. The file will
-  # be rolled on a daily basis, and the past 7 rolled files will be kept.
-  # Older files will be deleted. The default pattern layout is used when
-  # formatting log events into strings.
-  Logging.appenders.rolling_file("file",
-                                 filename:      config.paths["log"].first,
-                                 keep:          7,
-                                 age:           "daily",
-                                 truncate:      false,
-                                 auto_flushing: true,
-                                 layout:        layout
-                                ) if config.log_to.include? "file"
+  if config.log_to.include? "file"
+    # Configure an appender that will write log events to a file.
+    if AppConfig.environment.logging.logrotate.enable?
+      # The file will be rolled on a daily basis, and the rolled files will be kept
+      # the configured number of days. Older files will be deleted. The default pattern
+      # layout is used when formatting log events into strings.
+      Logging.appenders.rolling_file("file",
+                                     filename:      config.paths["log"].first,
+                                     keep:          AppConfig.environment.logging.logrotate.days.to_i,
+                                     age:           "daily",
+                                     truncate:      false,
+                                     auto_flushing: true,
+                                     layout:        layout
+                                    )
+    else
+      # No file rolling, use logrotate to roll the logfile.
+      Logging.appenders.file("file",
+                             filename:      config.paths["log"].first,
+                             truncate:      false,
+                             auto_flushing: true,
+                             layout:        layout
+                            )
+    end
+  end
 
   # Setup the root logger with the Rails log level and the desired set of
   # appenders. The list of appenders to use should be set in the environment