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I've used Apache for years and I've taken for granted that it handles log rotation for me. I've been digging through the IIS config and googling, but I can't find an option for IIS to turn on log rotation. What is the preferred way to configure IIS to delete logs past a certain threshold? Are there any products out there that do this for you? What do enterprisy Windows shops do? Configuration: IIS 6.0 / Windows Server 2003 32-bit
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There's no built in mechanism to handle log rotation or archiving. There may be third party products to handle this chore or you could script something and configure a scheduled task. I have only a handfull of IIS servers so I just set up a recurring Task in Outlook to remind me monthly to delete IIS log files older than 30 days. | |||
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Have a look at the IIS Logs tool (http://www.iislogs.com/). There are a couple of different ways to install this and does a very effective job at managing IIS and other log files (compress files to .zip format, move them to different locations, delete files past a certain date, etc.). | |||
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Check: http://www.808.dk/?code-iis-log-housekeeping A bunch of scripts are available, which you can add in the scheduled task = logrotation :) | |||
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The other answers are good, and offer a more robust solution to this problem. If you just need a quick fix, you can setup CCleaner to automatically clean your logs folder each time you login, or on a schedule. Keep in mind, though, that this deletes all logs, not just aging files. I followed these instructions but added that I wanted it to run even when the user was logged off, as is the normal case on a server. | |||
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