I am trying out log4j2 configuration
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration status="info">
<appenders>
<Console name="console-log" target="SYSTEM_OUT" append="false">
<ThresholdFilter level="INFO" onMatch="ACCEPT" onMismatch="DENY"/>
<PatternLayout pattern="%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} %-5level %class{36}:%L %M - %msg%xEx%n"/>
</Console>
<File name="debug-log" fileName="${catalina.base}/logs/debug.log" append="false">
<PatternLayout pattern="%d{yyyy-MM-dd 'at' HH:mm:ss.SSS z} %-5level %class{36}:%L %M - %msg%xEx%n"/>
</File>
<File name="trace-log" fileName="${catalina.base}/logs/trace.log" append="false">
<PatternLayout pattern="%d{yyyy-MM-dd 'at' HH:mm:ss.SSS z} %-5level %class{36}:%L %M - %msg%xEx%n"/>
</File>
<File name="error-log" fileName="${catalina.base}/logs/error.log" append="false">
<PatternLayout pattern="%d{yyyy-MM-dd 'at' HH:mm:ss.SSS z} %-5level %class{36}:%L %M - %msg%xEx%n"/>
</File>
</appenders>
<loggers>
<root level="debug" additivity="false">
<appender-ref ref="console-log"/>
</root>
<Logger name="com.mypackage" level="debug" additivity="false">
<appender-ref ref="debug-log" level="debug"/>
<appender-ref ref="trace-log" level="info"/>
<appender-ref ref="error-log" level="error"/>
</Logger>
</loggers>
</configuration>
I am getting logging and data to catalina.out but the rest of the files are not getting created.
Couldn't figure out the silly mistake I might be doing here?
and How do I create one more file which can have the appended logs of debug-log,trace-log,error-log only.
You have an error in your config:
Console appenders shouldn't have an append attribute. Removing that should fix your config.
Additionally the additivity attribute on the Root logger is unnecessary. It does nothing, as there is no higher logger to add to.
You should definitely have seen a line like the following in your output, warning you about the bad config:
ERROR Console contains an invalid element or attribute "append"
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I'm using log4j2 for logging in my app. Basically it's logging uncatched exceptions (Error.log) and logging changes of my data at service layer (journal.log; journalJSON.log).
And here's the thing, when I'm starting service layer tests every log appears in the file and console, but when I'm using application deployed in tomcat they're only in console. What's happening?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration status="WARN">
<appenders>
<Console name="Console" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
<PatternLayout pattern="%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n"/>
</Console>
<File name="Error" fileName="logs/error.log"
immediateFlush="true" append="true">
<PatternLayout pattern=" \n\n %d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n"/>
</File>
<RandomAccessFile name="Journal" fileName="logs/journal.log" immediateFlush="true" append="true">
<PatternLayout pattern="[%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS}] %msg%n"/>
</RandomAccessFile>
<File name="JournalJSON" fileName="logs/journalJSON.log" immediateFlush="true" append="false">
<JSONLayout complete="true" charset="UTF-8" compact="false" eventEol="false"/>
</File>
</appenders>
<Loggers>
<Logger name="com.user.controller" level="error" additivity="false">
<AppenderRef ref="Error" level="error"/>
<AppenderRef ref="Console" level="error"/>
</Logger>
<Logger name="com.user.service" level="info" additivity="false">
<appender-ref ref="JournalJSON" level="info"/>
<appender-ref ref="Journal" level="info"/>
<appender-ref ref="Console" level="info"/>
</Logger>
<Root level="warn">
<AppenderRef ref="Console"/>
</Root>
</Loggers>
Well, there are a couple of possibilities I can think of:
Your configuration file isn't being found and it is using the default configuration.
The logger for your application isn't com.user.controller or com.user.service and the root logger is being used.
I am new to unix. I have below log4j2 config file. When I use this file in unix environment, the file app.log is not created. Could any one tell me how to redirect the logs to file in unix environment
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Configuration status="WARN">
<Appenders>
<Console name="CONSOLE" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
<PatternLayout pattern="%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36} %method - %msg%n" />
</Console>
<File name="file" fileName="C:\Users\ppatrana\Desktop\app.log">
<!-- <Pattern>%d %p %c{1.} [%t] %m %ex%n</Pattern> -->
<PatternLayout pattern="%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36} %method - %msg%n" />
</File>
</Appenders>
<Loggers>
<Root level="trace">
<AppenderRef ref="CONSOLE" />
</Root>
<Root level="trace">
<AppenderRef ref="file" />
</Root>
</Loggers>
</Configuration>
You have to change the filename :
<File name="file" fileName="/tmp/app.log">
More about linux filesystem : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard
I think your real problem is that you have two root loggers. Try the following instead:
<Loggers>
<Root level="trace">
<AppenderRef ref="CONSOLE" />
<AppenderRef ref="file" />
</Root>
</Loggers>
You also need to fix the filename as mentioned by #ToYonos.
I have a log4j2 config file I was handed and have no clue what half of it means due to that it doesn't follow what is stated on their site about their configuration file layout. Can anybody decipher what the config file is saying?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Configuration status="WARN" monitorInterval="30">
<Appenders>
<Console name="Console" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
<PatternLayout pattern="%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n" />
</Console>
<File name="ERROR_FILE" fileName="${env:ADSSSDIR}/log/error.log">
<PatternLayout pattern="%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n" />
</File>
<File name="EVENT_FILE" fileName="${env:ADSSSDIR}/log/event.log">
<PatternLayout pattern="%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n" />
</File>
</Appenders>
<Loggers>
<Logger name="mikros.utils.MikrosLoggerTest" level="trace"
additivity="false">
<AppenderRef ref="Console" />
</Logger>
<Logger name="mikros.adsss.logger.AdsssLogger" level="debug"
additivity="false">
<AppenderRef ref="ERROR_FILE" level="ERROR"/>
<AppenderRef ref="EVENT_FILE" level="INFO"/>
</Logger>
<Root level="trace">
<AppenderRef ref="Console" />
</Root>
</Loggers>
</Configuration>
Config file looks fine to me. Are you looking at the right web site?
User manual links:
Status Logger (showing internal Log4j2 WARN-level messages)
monitorInterval
Console Appender
Pattern Layout
File Appender
Environment Variable Lookup
Loggers
additivity
... That should get you started.
I am working with the log4j2 configuration file settings to try and make the config file use regular expressions so the it can use multiple classes in the logger property and name attribute. This is what I have tried so far that doesn't appear to work.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Configuration status="WARN" monitorInterval="30">
<Appenders>
<Console name="Console" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
<PatternLayout pattern="%d{yyyy-MM-dd 'at' HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n" />
</Console>
<File name="ERROR_FILE" fileName="../log/error.log">
<PatternLayout pattern="%d{yyyy-MM-dd 'at' HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n" />
</File>
<File name="EVENT_FILE" fileName="../log/event.log">
<PatternLayout pattern="%d{yyyy-MM-dd 'at' HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n" />
</File>
</Appenders>
<Loggers>
<Logger name="foo.test" level="trace"
additivity="false">
<AppenderRef ref="Console" />
</Logger>
<Logger name="foo.*" level="debug"
additivity="false">
<AppenderRef ref="ERROR_FILE" level="ERROR"/>
<AppenderRef ref="EVENT_FILE" level="INFO"/>
</Logger>
<Root level="trace">
<AppenderRef ref="Console" />
</Root>
</Loggers>
</Configuration>
Has anybody ever been able to successfully use regular expressions or even globs in the log4j2 config file?
I figured out I do not need to put regular expressions at all in the package name. For example if in my foo package i had foo.bar, foo.foo, and foo.test. I would put foo in the Logger property name attribute to log the ERROR and INFO level logs from any any of 3 packages that begins with foo as such.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Configuration status="WARN" monitorInterval="30">
<Appenders>
<Console name="Console" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
<PatternLayout pattern="%d{yyyy-MM-dd 'at' HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n" />
</Console>
<File name="ERROR_FILE" fileName="../log/error.log">
<PatternLayout pattern="%d{yyyy-MM-dd 'at' HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n" />
</File>
<File name="EVENT_FILE" fileName="../log/event.log">
<PatternLayout pattern="%d{yyyy-MM-dd 'at' HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n" />
</File>
</Appenders>
<Loggers>
<Logger name="foo.test" level="trace"
additivity="false">
<AppenderRef ref="Console" />
</Logger>
<Logger name="foo" level="debug"
additivity="false">
<AppenderRef ref="ERROR_FILE" level="ERROR"/>
<AppenderRef ref="EVENT_FILE" level="INFO"/>
</Logger>
<Root level="trace">
<AppenderRef ref="Console" />
</Root>
</Loggers>
</Configuration>
Someone can say me how I can change my log4j2.xml to add 1 log file: one level trace and one level info?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration status="debug">
<appenders>
<Console name="CONSOLE" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
<PatternLayout pattern="%d %-5p %C{2} (%F:%L) - %m%n" />
</Console>
<File name="DEBUG_FILE" fileName="debug.txt">
<PatternLayout pattern="%d %-5p %C{2} (%F:%L) - %m%n" />
</File>
</appenders>
<loggers>
<root level="debug">
<appender-ref ref="CONSOLE" />
<appender-ref ref="DEBUG_FILE" />
</root>
</loggers>
</configuration>
You could make the root logger TRACE level (all messages) and put a ThresholdFilter on the Console so that only some messages are displayed on the console.
This configuration will log only ERROR messages to the console, and at the same time will log all messages (TRACE, DEBUG, INFO, ERROR...) to the debug.txt file. Error and higher messages are logged both in the console and in the file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration status="ERROR">
<appenders>
<Console name="CONSOLE" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
<ThresholdFilter level="ERROR" onMatch="ACCEPT" onMismatch="DENY"/>
<PatternLayout pattern="%d %-5p %C{2} (%F:%L) - %m%n" />
</Console>
<File name="DEBUG_FILE" fileName="debug.txt">
<PatternLayout pattern="%d %-5p %C{2} (%F:%L) - %m%n" />
</File>
</appenders>
<loggers>
<root level="trace">
<appender-ref ref="CONSOLE" />
<appender-ref ref="DEBUG_FILE" />
</root>
</loggers>
</configuration>
By the way, please be aware that your pattern layout contains conversion patterns that require location information (%C, %F and %L, to be exact).
This means that for every log message, log4j2 needs to take a snapshot of the stack, and then walk the stack trace to find the class and method that did the logging.
This is very, very slow.
Logging will be 2-5 times slower for synchronous logging and 4-20 times slower for asynchronous logging.
If performance is not an issue then it doesn't matter, but it is definitely something to be aware of. Personally I just use %c (the logger name) and my app's log messages are unique enough that I can quickly find where the message came from. Just my 2 cents.
--- update 2013-04-27 ---
I have since learned a simpler way to do this: you can set a level on the appender-ref.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration status="debug">
<appenders>
<Console name="CONSOLE" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
<PatternLayout pattern="%d %-5p %c{2} - %m%n" /> <!--without location-->
</Console>
<File name="DEBUG_FILE" fileName="debug.txt">
<PatternLayout pattern="%d %-5p %c{2} - %m%n" />
</File>
</appenders>
<loggers>
<root level="debug">
<appender-ref ref="CONSOLE" level="ERROR" />
<appender-ref ref="DEBUG_FILE" />
</root>
</loggers>
</configuration>