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Tomcat 6 and log4j for a web application
Hi,
still reading :-) http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/logging.html
I have setup log4j as above, but with a little twist.
If you permission $CATALINA_HOME as read only and you want to customize the
log4j.properties then you need to install the log4j1.2.14.jar and
log4j.properties in $CATALINA_BASE/lib.
You also need to adjust the catalina.properties common.loader
common.loader=${catalina.base}/lib,${catalina.base}/lib/*.jar,${catalina.home}/lib,${catalina.home}/lib/*.jar
The tomcat logging works well. However, I have 2 questions related to
installing log4j for a web application:
1. why does the documentation say to add log4j1.2.x.jar to the WEB-INF/lib,
isn't it already loaded by the common.loader at this point?
2. is there a way to add a WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties to log to
myapp1.log and capture all the logs related to the web application ? Why
would'nt the following create a myapp1.log?
<myapp1>/WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties ->
log4j.debug=TRUE
log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG,myapp1
# test logger
log4j.logger.org.apache=DEBUG,myapp1
# Log rotation
log4j.appender.myapp1=org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender
log4j.appender.myapp1.File=${catalina.base}/logs/myapp1.log
log4j.appender.myapp1.DatePattern='.'yyyy-MM-dd
# Print the date in ISO 8601 format
log4j.appender.myapp1.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.myapp1.layout.ConversionPattern=%d [%t] %-5p %c - %m%n
Any hints - suggestions are appreciated,
Many Thanks - Fred
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Re: Tomcat 6 and log4j for a web application
Posted by Filip Hanik - Dev Lists <de...@hanik.com>.
you need to use log4j in your hello.jsp, and not the log(String) method
Filip
fredk2 wrote:
> Many thanks for the response. For some reasons I did not see it over the (hot
> and humid) weekend.
>
> yes - I did those steps and it does work well ... although in my case I
> cannot use TC_HOME (read-only) for the log4j.properties (and log4j.jar) - I
> need it in TC_BASE so it can be customized.
>
> In either case, the challenge I have is that if I add to my hello.jsp the
> line:
>
> <% log( "this is a log message" ); %>
>
> The message is logged in the (common) tomcat logfile and not in the webapp's
> logfile defined in its WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties. So I must not be
> understanding some concept here :-(
>
> Rgds - Fred
>
>
>
> Filip Hanik - Dev Lists wrote:
>
>> for tomcat container logging, its easy
>>
>> 1. put log4j.jar in TC_HOME/lib
>> 2. put log4j.properties in TC_HOME/lib
>> 3. compile the extras
>> ant -f extras.xml
>> 4. replace TC_HOME/bin/tomcat-juli.jar with the one compiled from step 3
>> 5. put extras/..../tomcat-juli-adapters.jar in TC_HOME/lib
>>
>> and that's it, no need to mess with anything else
>>
>> and for webapp logging, that was described earlier
>>
>> Filip
>>
>> fredk2 wrote:
>>
>>> I would like both.... one <common>/lib/log4j.properties for the main
>>> Tomcat
>>> container logging and another log4j for each web apps - where you set its
>>> log filename and rotation etc...
>>>
>>> The tomcat logging would be of interest to an admin and the web app logs
>>> to
>>> the developer.
>>>
>>> Do I make sense?
>>>
>>> Tx - Fred
>>>
>>>
>>> Filip Hanik - Dev Lists wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> if you want to use log4j in your application only,
>>>> then forget everything you read on logging.html
>>>>
>>>> all you need to do is log4j.jar in WEB-INF/lib
>>>> log4j.properties in WEB-INF/classes
>>>>
>>>> the steps you are outlining, are converting tomcat from using
>>>> java.util.logging to log4j for the container. and you don't need those
>>>> steps if all you want is log4j for a webapp
>>>>
>>>> Filip
>>>>
>>>> fredk2 wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> still reading :-) http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/logging.html
>>>>>
>>>>> I have setup log4j as above, but with a little twist.
>>>>> If you permission $CATALINA_HOME as read only and you want to customize
>>>>> the
>>>>> log4j.properties then you need to install the log4j1.2.14.jar and
>>>>> log4j.properties in $CATALINA_BASE/lib.
>>>>> You also need to adjust the catalina.properties common.loader
>>>>>
>>>>> common.loader=${catalina.base}/lib,${catalina.base}/lib/*.jar,${catalina.home}/lib,${catalina.home}/lib/*.jar
>>>>>
>>>>> The tomcat logging works well. However, I have 2 questions related to
>>>>> installing log4j for a web application:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. why does the documentation say to add log4j1.2.x.jar to the
>>>>> WEB-INF/lib,
>>>>> isn't it already loaded by the common.loader at this point?
>>>>>
>>>>> 2. is there a way to add a WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties to log to
>>>>> myapp1.log and capture all the logs related to the web application ?
>>>>> Why
>>>>> would'nt the following create a myapp1.log?
>>>>>
>>>>> <myapp1>/WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties ->
>>>>>
>>>>> log4j.debug=TRUE
>>>>> log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG,myapp1
>>>>>
>>>>> # test logger
>>>>> log4j.logger.org.apache=DEBUG,myapp1
>>>>>
>>>>> # Log rotation
>>>>> log4j.appender.myapp1=org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender
>>>>> log4j.appender.myapp1.File=${catalina.base}/logs/myapp1.log
>>>>> log4j.appender.myapp1.DatePattern='.'yyyy-MM-dd
>>>>> # Print the date in ISO 8601 format
>>>>> log4j.appender.myapp1.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
>>>>> log4j.appender.myapp1.layout.ConversionPattern=%d [%t] %-5p %c - %m%n
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Any hints - suggestions are appreciated,
>>>>> Many Thanks - Fred
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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Re: Tomcat 6 and log4j for a web application
Posted by fredk2 <fr...@gmail.com>.
Many thanks for the response. For some reasons I did not see it over the (hot
and humid) weekend.
yes - I did those steps and it does work well ... although in my case I
cannot use TC_HOME (read-only) for the log4j.properties (and log4j.jar) - I
need it in TC_BASE so it can be customized.
In either case, the challenge I have is that if I add to my hello.jsp the
line:
<% log( "this is a log message" ); %>
The message is logged in the (common) tomcat logfile and not in the webapp's
logfile defined in its WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties. So I must not be
understanding some concept here :-(
Rgds - Fred
Filip Hanik - Dev Lists wrote:
>
> for tomcat container logging, its easy
>
> 1. put log4j.jar in TC_HOME/lib
> 2. put log4j.properties in TC_HOME/lib
> 3. compile the extras
> ant -f extras.xml
> 4. replace TC_HOME/bin/tomcat-juli.jar with the one compiled from step 3
> 5. put extras/..../tomcat-juli-adapters.jar in TC_HOME/lib
>
> and that's it, no need to mess with anything else
>
> and for webapp logging, that was described earlier
>
> Filip
>
> fredk2 wrote:
>> I would like both.... one <common>/lib/log4j.properties for the main
>> Tomcat
>> container logging and another log4j for each web apps - where you set its
>> log filename and rotation etc...
>>
>> The tomcat logging would be of interest to an admin and the web app logs
>> to
>> the developer.
>>
>> Do I make sense?
>>
>> Tx - Fred
>>
>>
>> Filip Hanik - Dev Lists wrote:
>>
>>> if you want to use log4j in your application only,
>>> then forget everything you read on logging.html
>>>
>>> all you need to do is log4j.jar in WEB-INF/lib
>>> log4j.properties in WEB-INF/classes
>>>
>>> the steps you are outlining, are converting tomcat from using
>>> java.util.logging to log4j for the container. and you don't need those
>>> steps if all you want is log4j for a webapp
>>>
>>> Filip
>>>
>>> fredk2 wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> still reading :-) http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/logging.html
>>>>
>>>> I have setup log4j as above, but with a little twist.
>>>> If you permission $CATALINA_HOME as read only and you want to customize
>>>> the
>>>> log4j.properties then you need to install the log4j1.2.14.jar and
>>>> log4j.properties in $CATALINA_BASE/lib.
>>>> You also need to adjust the catalina.properties common.loader
>>>>
>>>> common.loader=${catalina.base}/lib,${catalina.base}/lib/*.jar,${catalina.home}/lib,${catalina.home}/lib/*.jar
>>>>
>>>> The tomcat logging works well. However, I have 2 questions related to
>>>> installing log4j for a web application:
>>>>
>>>> 1. why does the documentation say to add log4j1.2.x.jar to the
>>>> WEB-INF/lib,
>>>> isn't it already loaded by the common.loader at this point?
>>>>
>>>> 2. is there a way to add a WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties to log to
>>>> myapp1.log and capture all the logs related to the web application ?
>>>> Why
>>>> would'nt the following create a myapp1.log?
>>>>
>>>> <myapp1>/WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties ->
>>>>
>>>> log4j.debug=TRUE
>>>> log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG,myapp1
>>>>
>>>> # test logger
>>>> log4j.logger.org.apache=DEBUG,myapp1
>>>>
>>>> # Log rotation
>>>> log4j.appender.myapp1=org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender
>>>> log4j.appender.myapp1.File=${catalina.base}/logs/myapp1.log
>>>> log4j.appender.myapp1.DatePattern='.'yyyy-MM-dd
>>>> # Print the date in ISO 8601 format
>>>> log4j.appender.myapp1.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
>>>> log4j.appender.myapp1.layout.ConversionPattern=%d [%t] %-5p %c - %m%n
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Any hints - suggestions are appreciated,
>>>> Many Thanks - Fred
>>>>
>>>>
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Re: Tomcat 6 and log4j for a web application
Posted by Filip Hanik - Dev Lists <de...@hanik.com>.
for tomcat container logging, its easy
1. put log4j.jar in TC_HOME/lib
2. put log4j.properties in TC_HOME/lib
3. compile the extras
ant -f extras.xml
4. replace TC_HOME/bin/tomcat-juli.jar with the one compiled from step 3
5. put extras/..../tomcat-juli-adapters.jar in TC_HOME/lib
and that's it, no need to mess with anything else
and for webapp logging, that was described earlier
Filip
fredk2 wrote:
> I would like both.... one <common>/lib/log4j.properties for the main Tomcat
> container logging and another log4j for each web apps - where you set its
> log filename and rotation etc...
>
> The tomcat logging would be of interest to an admin and the web app logs to
> the developer.
>
> Do I make sense?
>
> Tx - Fred
>
>
> Filip Hanik - Dev Lists wrote:
>
>> if you want to use log4j in your application only,
>> then forget everything you read on logging.html
>>
>> all you need to do is log4j.jar in WEB-INF/lib
>> log4j.properties in WEB-INF/classes
>>
>> the steps you are outlining, are converting tomcat from using
>> java.util.logging to log4j for the container. and you don't need those
>> steps if all you want is log4j for a webapp
>>
>> Filip
>>
>> fredk2 wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> still reading :-) http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/logging.html
>>>
>>> I have setup log4j as above, but with a little twist.
>>> If you permission $CATALINA_HOME as read only and you want to customize
>>> the
>>> log4j.properties then you need to install the log4j1.2.14.jar and
>>> log4j.properties in $CATALINA_BASE/lib.
>>> You also need to adjust the catalina.properties common.loader
>>>
>>> common.loader=${catalina.base}/lib,${catalina.base}/lib/*.jar,${catalina.home}/lib,${catalina.home}/lib/*.jar
>>>
>>> The tomcat logging works well. However, I have 2 questions related to
>>> installing log4j for a web application:
>>>
>>> 1. why does the documentation say to add log4j1.2.x.jar to the
>>> WEB-INF/lib,
>>> isn't it already loaded by the common.loader at this point?
>>>
>>> 2. is there a way to add a WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties to log to
>>> myapp1.log and capture all the logs related to the web application ? Why
>>> would'nt the following create a myapp1.log?
>>>
>>> <myapp1>/WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties ->
>>>
>>> log4j.debug=TRUE
>>> log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG,myapp1
>>>
>>> # test logger
>>> log4j.logger.org.apache=DEBUG,myapp1
>>>
>>> # Log rotation
>>> log4j.appender.myapp1=org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender
>>> log4j.appender.myapp1.File=${catalina.base}/logs/myapp1.log
>>> log4j.appender.myapp1.DatePattern='.'yyyy-MM-dd
>>> # Print the date in ISO 8601 format
>>> log4j.appender.myapp1.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
>>> log4j.appender.myapp1.layout.ConversionPattern=%d [%t] %-5p %c - %m%n
>>>
>>>
>>> Any hints - suggestions are appreciated,
>>> Many Thanks - Fred
>>>
>>>
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Re: Tomcat 6 and log4j for a web application
Posted by fredk2 <fr...@gmail.com>.
I would like both.... one <common>/lib/log4j.properties for the main Tomcat
container logging and another log4j for each web apps - where you set its
log filename and rotation etc...
The tomcat logging would be of interest to an admin and the web app logs to
the developer.
Do I make sense?
Tx - Fred
Filip Hanik - Dev Lists wrote:
>
> if you want to use log4j in your application only,
> then forget everything you read on logging.html
>
> all you need to do is log4j.jar in WEB-INF/lib
> log4j.properties in WEB-INF/classes
>
> the steps you are outlining, are converting tomcat from using
> java.util.logging to log4j for the container. and you don't need those
> steps if all you want is log4j for a webapp
>
> Filip
>
> fredk2 wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> still reading :-) http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/logging.html
>>
>> I have setup log4j as above, but with a little twist.
>> If you permission $CATALINA_HOME as read only and you want to customize
>> the
>> log4j.properties then you need to install the log4j1.2.14.jar and
>> log4j.properties in $CATALINA_BASE/lib.
>> You also need to adjust the catalina.properties common.loader
>>
>> common.loader=${catalina.base}/lib,${catalina.base}/lib/*.jar,${catalina.home}/lib,${catalina.home}/lib/*.jar
>>
>> The tomcat logging works well. However, I have 2 questions related to
>> installing log4j for a web application:
>>
>> 1. why does the documentation say to add log4j1.2.x.jar to the
>> WEB-INF/lib,
>> isn't it already loaded by the common.loader at this point?
>>
>> 2. is there a way to add a WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties to log to
>> myapp1.log and capture all the logs related to the web application ? Why
>> would'nt the following create a myapp1.log?
>>
>> <myapp1>/WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties ->
>>
>> log4j.debug=TRUE
>> log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG,myapp1
>>
>> # test logger
>> log4j.logger.org.apache=DEBUG,myapp1
>>
>> # Log rotation
>> log4j.appender.myapp1=org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender
>> log4j.appender.myapp1.File=${catalina.base}/logs/myapp1.log
>> log4j.appender.myapp1.DatePattern='.'yyyy-MM-dd
>> # Print the date in ISO 8601 format
>> log4j.appender.myapp1.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
>> log4j.appender.myapp1.layout.ConversionPattern=%d [%t] %-5p %c - %m%n
>>
>>
>> Any hints - suggestions are appreciated,
>> Many Thanks - Fred
>>
>
>
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Re: Tomcat 6 and log4j for a web application
Posted by Filip Hanik - Dev Lists <de...@hanik.com>.
if you want to use log4j in your application only,
then forget everything you read on logging.html
all you need to do is log4j.jar in WEB-INF/lib
log4j.properties in WEB-INF/classes
the steps you are outlining, are converting tomcat from using
java.util.logging to log4j for the container. and you don't need those
steps if all you want is log4j for a webapp
Filip
fredk2 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> still reading :-) http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/logging.html
>
> I have setup log4j as above, but with a little twist.
> If you permission $CATALINA_HOME as read only and you want to customize the
> log4j.properties then you need to install the log4j1.2.14.jar and
> log4j.properties in $CATALINA_BASE/lib.
> You also need to adjust the catalina.properties common.loader
>
> common.loader=${catalina.base}/lib,${catalina.base}/lib/*.jar,${catalina.home}/lib,${catalina.home}/lib/*.jar
>
> The tomcat logging works well. However, I have 2 questions related to
> installing log4j for a web application:
>
> 1. why does the documentation say to add log4j1.2.x.jar to the WEB-INF/lib,
> isn't it already loaded by the common.loader at this point?
>
> 2. is there a way to add a WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties to log to
> myapp1.log and capture all the logs related to the web application ? Why
> would'nt the following create a myapp1.log?
>
> <myapp1>/WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties ->
>
> log4j.debug=TRUE
> log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG,myapp1
>
> # test logger
> log4j.logger.org.apache=DEBUG,myapp1
>
> # Log rotation
> log4j.appender.myapp1=org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender
> log4j.appender.myapp1.File=${catalina.base}/logs/myapp1.log
> log4j.appender.myapp1.DatePattern='.'yyyy-MM-dd
> # Print the date in ISO 8601 format
> log4j.appender.myapp1.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
> log4j.appender.myapp1.layout.ConversionPattern=%d [%t] %-5p %c - %m%n
>
>
> Any hints - suggestions are appreciated,
> Many Thanks - Fred
>
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