1.compile cronolog (http://cronolog.org) and install it on /usr/local/sbin
2. backup orig /usr/local/apache-tomcat-5.5.20/bin/catalina.sh on /root
3. edit lines on catalina.sh from
org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap “$@” start \
>> “$CATALINA_BASE”/logs/catalina.out 2>&1 &
to
org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap “$@” start 2>&1 \
| /usr/local/sbin/cronolog “$CATALINA_BASE”/logs/catalina.out.%Y-%m-%d >> /dev/null &
4. Removed the line
touch “$CATALINA_BASE”/logs/catalina.out
5. Restart web service
#/usr/local/tomcat/bin/shutdown.sh
# service httpd stop
# /usr/local/tomcat/bin/startup.sh
#service httpd start
TESTING
1. Check tomcat logs to see generated Catalina.out per day
# ls -la /usr/local/tomcat/logs
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 65607 Nov 6 14:55 catalina.out.2007-11-06
2. browse ww2.freelinuxtutorials.com and login using test account to see if tomcat is working
FALLBACK
1. copy original Catalina.sh file to the location
2. cp /root/catalina.sh /usr/local/apache-tomcat-5.5.20/bin/
3. restart web
#/usr/local/tomcat/bin/shutdown.sh
# /usr/local/tomcat/bin/startup.sh
#service httpd restart