When Payara Server rotates a log file, it creates a new, empty file named server.log
and renames the old file server.log_
date, where date is the date and time when the file was rotated.
By default, Payara Server limits the number of rotated log files to 10. When this limit is reached, the oldest log file is deleted when Payara Server next rotates a log file.
If necessary, you can change the limit on the number of rotated log files. Any new limit that you set applies to rotated log files for both access logging and the server log.
Set the com.sun.enterprise.server.logging.max_history_files
system property to the maximum number of rotated log files to keep.
The behavior of the com.sun.enterprise.server.logging.max_history_files
system property is as follows:
If the property is not set, Payara Server keeps a maximum of 10 rotated log files.
If the property is set to an invalid number or null, Payara Server keeps a maximum of 10 rotated log files.
If the property is set to 0, Payara Server keeps no rotated log files.