Merge pull request #5074 from dhiltgen/app_log_rotation

Implement log rotation for tray app

app/lifecycle/logging.go

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import (
 	"log/slog"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/envconfig"
 )
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ func InitLogging() {
 		logFile = os.Stderr
 		// TODO - write one-line to the app.log file saying we're running in console mode to help avoid confusion
 	} else {
+		rotateLogs(AppLogFile)
 		logFile, err = os.OpenFile(AppLogFile, os.O_APPEND|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE, 0755)
 		if err != nil {
 			slog.Error(fmt.Sprintf("failed to create server log %v", err))
@@ -46,3 +49,32 @@ func InitLogging() {
 
 	slog.Info("ollama app started")
 }
+
+func rotateLogs(logFile string) {
+	if _, err := os.Stat(logFile); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return
+	}
+	index := strings.LastIndex(logFile, ".")
+	pre := logFile[:index]
+	post := "." + logFile[index+1:]
+	for i := LogRotationCount; i > 0; i-- {
+		older := pre + "-" + strconv.Itoa(i) + post
+		newer := pre + "-" + strconv.Itoa(i-1) + post
+		if i == 1 {
+			newer = pre + post
+		}
+		if _, err := os.Stat(newer); err == nil {
+			if _, err := os.Stat(older); err == nil {
+				err := os.Remove(older)
+				if err != nil {
+					slog.Warn("Failed to remove older log", "older", older, "error", err)
+					continue
+				}
+			}
+			err := os.Rename(newer, older)
+			if err != nil {
+				slog.Warn("Failed to rotate log", "older", older, "newer", newer, "error", err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}

app/lifecycle/logging_test.go

+package lifecycle
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestRotateLogs(t *testing.T) {
+	logDir := t.TempDir()
+	logFile := filepath.Join(logDir, "testlog.log")
+
+	// No log exists
+	rotateLogs(logFile)
+
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(logFile, []byte("1"), 0644))
+	assert.FileExists(t, logFile)
+	// First rotation
+	rotateLogs(logFile)
+	assert.FileExists(t, filepath.Join(logDir, "testlog-1.log"))
+	assert.NoFileExists(t, filepath.Join(logDir, "testlog-2.log"))
+	assert.NoFileExists(t, logFile)
+
+	// Should be a no-op without a new log
+	rotateLogs(logFile)
+	assert.FileExists(t, filepath.Join(logDir, "testlog-1.log"))
+	assert.NoFileExists(t, filepath.Join(logDir, "testlog-2.log"))
+	assert.NoFileExists(t, logFile)
+
+	for i := 2; i <= LogRotationCount+1; i++ {
+		require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(logFile, []byte(strconv.Itoa(i)), 0644))
+		assert.FileExists(t, logFile)
+		rotateLogs(logFile)
+		assert.NoFileExists(t, logFile)
+		for j := 1; j < i; j++ {
+			assert.FileExists(t, filepath.Join(logDir, "testlog-"+strconv.Itoa(j)+".log"))
+		}
+		assert.NoFileExists(t, filepath.Join(logDir, "testlog-"+strconv.Itoa(i+1)+".log"))
+	}
+}

app/lifecycle/paths.go

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ var (
 	ServerLogFile    = "/tmp/ollama.log"
 	UpgradeLogFile   = "/tmp/ollama_update.log"
 	Installer        = "OllamaSetup.exe"
+	LogRotationCount = 5
 )
 
 func init() {

app/lifecycle/server.go

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func start(ctx context.Context, command string) (*exec.Cmd, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to spawn server stderr pipe: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	// TODO - rotation
+	rotateLogs(ServerLogFile)
 	logFile, err := os.OpenFile(ServerLogFile, os.O_APPEND|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE, 0755)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create server log: %w", err)

docs/troubleshooting.md

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ docker logs <container-name>
 If manually running `ollama serve` in a terminal, the logs will be on that terminal.
 
 When you run Ollama on **Windows**, there are a few different locations. You can view them in the explorer window by hitting `<cmd>+R` and type in:
-- `explorer %LOCALAPPDATA%\Ollama` to view logs
+- `explorer %LOCALAPPDATA%\Ollama` to view logs.  The most recent server logs will be in `server.log` and older logs will be in `server-#.log` 
 - `explorer %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Ollama` to browse the binaries (The installer adds this to your user PATH)
 - `explorer %HOMEPATH%\.ollama` to browse where models and configuration is stored
 - `explorer %TEMP%` where temporary executable files are stored in one or more `ollama*` directories

docs/windows.md

@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ server.
 Ollama on Windows stores files in a few different locations.  You can view them in
 the explorer window by hitting `<cmd>+R` and type in:
 - `explorer %LOCALAPPDATA%\Ollama` contains logs, and downloaded updates
-    - *app.log* contains logs from the GUI application
-    - *server.log* contains the server logs
+    - *app.log* contains most resent logs from the GUI application
+    - *server.log* contains the most recent server logs
     - *upgrade.log* contains log output for upgrades
 - `explorer %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Ollama` contains the binaries (The installer adds this to your user PATH)
 - `explorer %HOMEPATH%\.ollama` contains models and configuration