How to disable jira-stdout and jira-stderr logging on Windows
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Purpose
When Jira is run as a Windows Service, Tomcat creates additional jira-stdout and jira-stderr log files under <JIRA_INST>/logs. These logs are in addition to Jira's own log files and are not necessary, and in some cases, you may wish to disable them to save on disk space.
Solution
- Identify the name of the service that Jira is installed as in Windows (Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services):
- Open a command prompt from Start > Run > type 'cmd' > Enter.
Change directory to the
bindirectory of your Jira installation directory.Run the following commands which will differ depending on your version of Jira:
tomcat7w //ES//%SERVICENAME% tomcat8w //ES//%SERVICENAME%
In the above example, it would be tomcat7w //ES//Jira- Click on the
Loggingtab to see the current logging configuration:
- Under
Redirect StdoutandRedirect Stderror, remove the value "auto" so the fields are left empty. - Click Apply and OK to save your changes
After these settings changes have been made, restart Jira and the Tomcat container will no longer log further output to jira-stdout or jira-stderr. Any pre-existing logs will remain and can safely be removed.