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Limiting the size and number of catalina log files

Troubleshooting


Problem

Cognos by default is bundled with Apache Tomcat. Tomcat generates a number of log files including catalina.log or catalina.out in the /logs. By default, a new catalina log is generated per day. However, a catalina log file can potentially grow very large and use up a lot of disk space causing tomcat to crash. Also, Tomcat by does not limit the number of log files generated, and overtime, this can use up a lot of disk space.

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Modified date:
13 January 2026

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