How to change the location of stdout and stderr logs

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If JIRA is running as service in Windows, stdout_*.log and stderr_*.log files will be created. These files will grow rapidly and over time can become very large. You can change the location of these files to a different location, if needed. One of the following methods can be followed:

Method 1

To change the stdout_.log and stderr_.log location,

  1. Remove the JIRA service.
  2. Open the service.bat file with editor and find the parameter below:

    set PR_LOGPATH=%CATALINA_BASE%\logs
    set PR_STDOUTPUT=auto
    set PR_STDERROR=auto
    
  3. Change set PR_LOGPATH=%CATALINA_BASE%\logs to any location you wish, for example set PR_LOGPATH=D:\logs
  4. Run service.bat install JIRA_SERVICE_NAME to install JIRA as a service again.

Method 2

  1. Open the JIRA service configuration as explained at Setting Properties and Options on Startup - via CommandLine.
  2. Modify the location of the stdlog and stderr paths as shown in the screenshot below:
  3. Apply the changes.
  4. Restart JIRA service for the changes to take effect.
Last modified on Jul 3, 2013

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