How to prune, and rename log file to a format

[chris (Chris Dellaway)]

Hi @Sri_Sai_Ram_Akam

If you you’re interested in doing custom naming of your rotated logs then you will need another tool like logrotate to manage that or send it to syslog and configure that logging how you want to.

https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/tutorial/rotate-log-files/#log-rotation-with—logrotate-reopen

Example logrotate config:

MongoDB server keeps deleted log files open after rotation

You need to SIGKILL after moving the file. Don’t roll your own just use logrotate here is my file for logrotate. # /etc/logrotate.d/mongod /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log { rotate 36500 compress daily postrotate systemctl kill -s USR1 mongod endscript }