Hi Ravi, Thanks for the reply.
Yes there is only one log4j.properties file in the classpath. Regards, Kumar. On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 1:07 AM, Ravi Prakash <ravihad...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Kumar! > > You have to be careful which log4j.properties file is on the classpath of > the daemn which has the big logs. Often times there are multiple > log4j.properties file, perhaps in the classpath or in one of the jars on > the classpath. Are you sure the log4j.properties file you edited is the > only one loaded by the classloader? > > HTH > Ravi > > On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 11:17 PM, kumar r <kumarc...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I have configured Kerberos enabled Hadoop-2.7.2 cluster in windows. >> >> I have noticed that logs generating more than 5 GB in hadoop.log file. >> >> log4j configured max file size to 256 MB and max backup index 20. But i >> don't know why hadoop keep on appending logs in single file. >> >> hadoop.log.maxfilesize=256MB >> hadoop.log.maxbackupindex=20 >> log4j.appender.RFA=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender >> log4j.appender.RFA.File=${hadoop.log.dir}/${hadoop.log.file} >> log4j.appender.RFA.MaxFileSize=${hadoop.log.maxfilesize} >> log4j.appender.RFA.MaxBackupIndex=${hadoop.log.maxbackupindex} >> log4j.appender.RFA.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout# Pattern format: >> Date LogLevel LoggerName LogMessage >> log4j.appender.RFA.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} %p %c: %m%n >> >> How can i set max file size and backup index? >> >> >