> ## Documentation Index
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# Naming standard

<b>Base Directory Structure:</b> /var/log/\[product\_name]/

<Info>
  <b>Example : </b> /var/log/platform/
</Info>

<b>Log File Naming Convention : </b>  \[application\_name]-\[component]-\[environment]-\[YYYY-MM-DD].log

<Info>
  <b>Example : </b>

  <ul>
    <li>platform-iam-prod-2024-11-07.log</li>
    <li>platform-billing-prod-2024-11-07.log</li>
  </ul>
</Info>

<b>Directory Hierarchy</b>

<Accordion title="/var/log/[product_name]/">
  <Accordion title="production">
    <Accordion title="backend">
      <ul>
        <li>myapp-backend-prod-2024-11-07.log</li>
        <li>archive/</li>
      </ul>
    </Accordion>

    <Accordion title="frontend">
      <ul>
        <li>myapp-frontend-prod-2024-11-07.log</li>
        <li>archive/</li>
      </ul>
    </Accordion>
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="staging" />

  <Accordion title="development" />
</Accordion>

## Standards Guidelines

Key considerations:

<li>Use lowercase letters for consistency</li>
<li>Include date in the filename for easy rotation</li>
<li>Separate environments (prod/stage/dev)</li>
<li>Create separate directories for different components</li>
<li>Include an archive directory for rotated logs</li>

## Log retention guidelines

<li>Retention: As per project team.</li>
<li>Compression: is recommended for archiving files</li>
<li>Include timestamps in rotated files.</li>