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  <title>RollingFileAppender based on file size or time in Liferay 7.4</title>
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  <subtitle>RollingFileAppender based on file size or time in Liferay 7.4</subtitle>
  <id>https://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_thread?p_l_id=119785294&amp;threadId=123317717</id>
  <updated>2026-04-07T18:51:18Z</updated>
  <dc:date>2026-04-07T18:51:18Z</dc:date>
  <entry>
    <title>RollingFileAppender based on file size or time in Liferay 7.4</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Mahammad Ashik A</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=119785294&amp;messageId=123317716</id>
    <updated>2025-03-25T06:49:32Z</updated>
    <published>2025-03-25T06:49:31Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;
  &lt;br&gt; Hi Team,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Has anyone successfully implemented a `RollingFileAppender` based on
  file size or time in Liferay 7.4? &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I created a `portal-log4j-ext.xml` file inside `META-INF` and added a
  `SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy` as shown below:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;---portal-log4j-ext.xml---&lt;br&gt; &amp;lt;Configuration
  strict=&amp;quot;true&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;     &amp;lt;Appenders&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;        
  &amp;lt;RollingFile name=&amp;quot;RollingFileAppender&amp;quot;&lt;br&gt;              
         fileName=&amp;quot;@liferay.home@/logs/backup/portal.log&amp;quot;&lt;br&gt;
                     
   filePattern=&amp;quot;@liferay.home@/logs/backup/portal-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}-%i.log.gz&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
              &amp;lt;PatternLayout pattern=&amp;quot;%d{yyyy-MM-dd
  HH:mm:ss.SSS} %-5p [%t] %c{1} - %m%n&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;            
  &amp;lt;Policies&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;                 &amp;lt;SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy
  size=&amp;quot;10KB&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;             &amp;lt;/Policies&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;      
        &amp;lt;DefaultRolloverStrategy max=&amp;quot;10&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;        
  &amp;lt;/RollingFile&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;     &amp;lt;/Appenders&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;    
  &amp;lt;Loggers&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;         &amp;lt;Root level=&amp;quot;INFO&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;  
            &amp;lt;AppenderRef ref=&amp;quot;RollingFileAppender&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
          &amp;lt;/Root&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;     &amp;lt;/Loggers&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;lt;/Configuration&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
  &lt;br&gt; However, it's still not working as expected. Could you please
  share any reference links or guidance on how to properly configure this?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance!&lt;br&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;</summary>
    <dc:creator>Mahammad Ashik A</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2025-03-25T06:49:31Z</dc:date>
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