From 98ad2596d881529778ee407431753282e3ae3f98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Tedor <jason@tedor.me>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 16:32:16 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Put JVM crash logs in the default log directory (#29028)

This commit adds a JVM flag to ensure that the JVM fatal error logs land
in the default log directory. Users that wish to use an alternative
location should change the path configured here.
---
 distribution/build.gradle           | 6 ++++++
 distribution/src/config/jvm.options | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/distribution/build.gradle b/distribution/build.gradle
index 5bb9944b4a3..f3fe27168f7 100644
--- a/distribution/build.gradle
+++ b/distribution/build.gradle
@@ -265,6 +265,12 @@ subprojects {
         'def': "#-XX:HeapDumpPath=/heap/dump/path"
       ],
 
+      'error.file': [
+        'deb': "-XX:ErrorFile=/var/log/elasticsearch/hs_err_pid%p.log",
+        'rpm': "-XX:ErrorFile=/var/log/elasticsearch/hs_err_pid%p.log",
+        'def': "#-XX:ErrorFile=/error/file/path"
+      ],
+
       'stopping.timeout': [
         'rpm': 86400,
       ],
diff --git a/distribution/src/config/jvm.options b/distribution/src/config/jvm.options
index eb3d772fa56..e862343de8d 100644
--- a/distribution/src/config/jvm.options
+++ b/distribution/src/config/jvm.options
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@
 # ensure the directory exists and has sufficient space
 ${heap.dump.path}
 
+# specify an alternative path for JVM fatal error logs
+${error.file}
+
 ## JDK 8 GC logging
 
 8:-XX:+PrintGCDetails