Bug 1945243 - [DOCS] Curator is not used anymore as the main tool for log retention
Summary: [DOCS] Curator is not used anymore as the main tool for log retention
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: OpenShift Container Platform
Classification: Red Hat
Component: Documentation
Version: 4.7
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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medium
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Assignee: Claire Bremble
QA Contact: Xiaoli Tian
Claire Bremble
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Reported: 2021-03-31 14:12 UTC by hgomes
Modified: 2022-09-15 18:17 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2022-09-15 18:17:30 UTC
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Github openshift openshift-docs issues 31475 0 None open [enterprise-4.7] Issue in file logging/config/cluster-logging-curator.adoc 2021-04-11 14:09:00 UTC
Red Hat Issue Tracker RHDEVDOCS-3838 0 None None None 2022-03-04 20:27:16 UTC

Description hgomes 2021-03-31 14:12:03 UTC
Document URL: 
https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.7/logging/config/cluster-logging-curator.html

Section Number and Name: 
First paragraph.

Describe the issue: 
The first sentence is very misleading. It gives the understanding that Curator still the main tool being used in the stack when actually are the rollover and delete cronjobs specially from 4.5 and later.

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In OpenShift Container Platform 4.7, log curation is performed by Elasticsearch Curator, based on a retention policy that you define.
The Elasticsearch Curator tool removes Elasticsearch indices that use the data model prior to OpenShift Container Platform 4.5. You can modify the Curator index retention policy for your old data.
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Suggestions for improvement: 

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In OpenShift Container Platform 4.7, log curation is performed by ElasticSearch `rollover` and `delete` cronjobs that can be set in [retentionPolicy](https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.7/logging/config/cluster-logging-log-store.html#cluster-logging-elasticsearch-retention_cluster-logging-store).

Elasticsearch Curator will be deprecated in future versions and if the cluster was deployed on RHOCP 4.5 version, Elasticsearch Curator is not required.
The Elasticsearch Curator tool removes Elasticsearch indices that use the data model prior to OpenShift Container Platform 4.5. You can modify the Curator index retention policy for your old data.
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Additional information: 
The same modification can be applied to OCP 4.5 and 4.6

Comment 6 Claire Bremble 2022-09-15 18:17:30 UTC
This page no longer exists so the bug is no longer an issue.


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