# Compress Rolled logs

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/compress-rolled-logs/49675>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [September 12, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/compress-rolled-logs/49675 "2017-09-12T14:03:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Jock\_Mirow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Jock\_Mirow](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jock_Mirow)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/compress-rolled-logs/49675/1 "2017-09-12T14:03:53Z")

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Hi,

Is there a way to compress the logs (after rolling), or should I create an external cron script for that?

Thx.

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**Author:** ![jantekb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@jantekb](https://community.wowza.com/u/jantekb)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/compress-rolled-logs/49675/2 "2017-09-12T18:23:15Z")

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Good point! I wish Wowza migrated from the old log4j library to a more modern logging with logback, that would solve a lot of logging related headaches immediately