{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/12337","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/12337/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/12337/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/12337/events","html_url":"https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/12337","id":96053949,"number":12337,"title":"logs should be under /var/logs/elasticsearch on linux, data under /var/elasticsearch...","user":{"login":"ofir-petrushka","id":9718419,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9718419?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/ofir-petrushka","html_url":"https://github.com/ofir-petrushka","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ofir-petrushka/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ofir-petrushka/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ofir-petrushka/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ofir-petrushka/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ofir-petrushka/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ofir-petrushka/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ofir-petrushka/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ofir-petrushka/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ofir-petrushka/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2015-07-20T12:31:44Z","updated_at":"2015-07-20T12:31:44Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Currently everything is under the \"product\" directory /usr/share/elasticsearch \"windows style\", see:\r\nhttps://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/setup-dir-layout.html\r\n\r\nAs with the config that is linked to /etc...\r\nls -l /usr/share/elasticsearch/\r\nconfig -> /etc/elasticsearch\r\n\r\nShould have \r\nlogs - > /var/logs/elasticsearch\r\ndata -> /var/elasticsearch/data\r\n\r\nWhy?\r\nThis is standard linux structure and elasticsearch is the only big software that breaks it.\r\n\r\nMany admin tools and procedures assume this structure.\r\nLike doing log aggregation on all files in /var/log\r\nChecking disk space etc.\r\n\r\nNot to mention that the bin should bin in /bin..."}}