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# Log rotation

Both Console and Defender call *log-rotate* every 30 minutes. The options passed to log-rotate are described below.

## Defender

The default path for Defender’s log file is */var/lib/twistlock/log/defender.log*.

It is configured as follows:

* Truncate the original log file in place after creating a copy, instead of moving the old log file. (`copytruncate`)
* Have 10 backup files rotated. If rotation exceeds 10 files, the oldest rotated file is deleted. (`rotate 10`)
* Don’t generate an error in case a log file doesn’t exist. (`missingok`)
* Don’t rotate the log in case it’s empty. (`notifempty`)
* Rotate the log only if its size is 100M or more. (`size 100M`)
* Compress the rotated logs. (`compress`)

## Console

It is configured as follows:

* Truncate the original log file in place after creating a copy, instead of moving the old log file. (`copytruncate`)
* Have 10 backup files rotated. If rotation exceeds 10 files, the oldest rotated file is deleted. (`rotate 10`)
* Don’t generate an error in case a log file doesn’t exist. (`missingok`)
* Don’t rotate the log in case it’s empty. (`notifempty`)
* Rotate the log only if its size is 100M or more. (`size 100M`)
* Compress the rotated logs. (`compress`)

## DB logs

We log CRITICAL/ERROR messages to enable critical DB diagnostics.

This is automatically done by Prisma Cloud and is non-configurable.


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