In my bolt-project.yaml I'm referencing to a log file for debug logging, but this file can get large sometimes and am wondering if there is a way to get some grip on this, by either adding a datetime stamp or make it a rolling log. Is this possible with bolt? Ideally, it would be something like this: log: /var/log/puppetlabs/bolt-server/bolt-server-<timestamp>.log: append: true level: debug And then something equivalent to $(date +\%Y_\%m_\%d). I know yaml isn't able to do this, but trying to find a way to do this.

With some grain of overengineering I’d maybe consider to pass the log name to a epp/erb templating engine (like a dynamic file names in rsyslog’s

omfile

), when an accompanying option is set (

log.dynamic_filename

e.g.)

Well, I was going the templating way, but as you say, for the purpose it may be a bit too much work. We have logrotate in place, so I can also manage it that way, but I prefer using built in options if they are available.

I have a weird workaround in my head.. but it’s really weird 😄

Yeah, i like the idea, and might be useful if I could is for multiple projects, but for now i'll just use logrotate. Thanks for your alternative thinking.