[logback-user] logback fails to roll log file - Shibboleth IDP 2.3.8 - Windows server 2008 - Jetty running as service via procrun

[Karen Murphy]

Hi all,

My Shibboleth IDP version 2.3.8 is failing to roll over files daily.
Its running on Windows Server 2008, and the configuration is the default 
Shibboleth one in logging.xml, except I have changed the slashes to be 
double back slashes as per the logback documentation in Appenders.

I am running the IDP under Jetty 7.3, and have configured Jetty to run 
as a service using procrun, as the 'local system account' which I 
believe has all permissions necessary.

It works on another IDP I look after (version 2.3.6, with Tomcat) on 
Windows Server 2003.

I have read the posts referring to JNDI and rotation failing, but I 
can't see JNDI configured in my context file under Jetty, so guess this 
isn't affecting it ?

I have looked through various logs in the Event Viewer but don't see 
anything to indicate a logback error on file rotation.

My Shibboleth logging.xml contains:

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<appender name="IDP_PROCESS" 
class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
         <File>C:\\opt\\shibboleth-idp\\logs\\idp-process.log</File>

         <rollingPolicy 
class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.TimeBasedRollingPolicy">
 
<FileNamePattern>C:\\opt\\shibboleth-idp\\logs\\idp-process-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.log</FileNamePattern>
         </rollingPolicy>

         <encoder 
class="ch.qos.logback.classic.encoder.PatternLayoutEncoder">
             <charset>UTF-8</charset>
             <Pattern>%date{HH:mm:ss.SSS} - %level [%logger:%line] - 
%msg%n</Pattern>
         </encoder>
     </appender>
---------------------------------------------------------------------


Does anyone have any ideas as to what might be causing roll over to fail ?

Any pointers would be much appreciated,

Kind Regards

Karen


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*Karen Murphy*
Systems Analyst - Bibliographic Services
The Library at Queen's
Queen's University Belfast
Belfast BT7 1LP
Tel: 028 90976260
Email: k.l.murphy at qub.ac.uk