Jboss can not recognize custom log4j.properties file

[Kousik Majumder]

Hi all,

I want my Jboss 4.2 to use a custom log4j.properties file.
For that I have changed the jboss-service.xml file as below:

  <mbean code="org.jboss.logging.Log4jService"
      name="jboss.system:type=Log4jService,service=Logging"
	  xmbean-dd="resource:xmdesc/Log4jService-xmbean.xml">
      <attribute name="ConfigurationURL">resource:C:\europ\files\log4j.properties</attribute>
....  

But at the time of deploying Jboss can not find the file specified(FileNotFoundException).
How can I configure it so that it can find the log4j.properties file anywhere(outside jboss) else?
I am observing only .xml file is being recognized by jboss in above code. If that is the case then how could I make log4j.properties file being recognized by Jboss without keeping it in .ear.

Also I have placed the below code in log4j.properties to generate log file . Is that ok?

  log4j.appender.logfile.File=C:/europ/application.log  

[Jaikiran Pai]

<attribute name="ConfigurationURL">resource:C:\europ\files\log4j.properties</attribute>  

That doesn't look right. Try:

<attribute name="ConfigurationURL">file://C:/europ/files/log4j.properties</attribute>  

[Kousik Majumder]

Hello,
Now my Jboss configuring after putting the line.

 <attribute name="ConfigurationURL">file:/C:/europ/files/log4j.properties</attribute>    

But is does nothing after that. Jboss just stops after configuring log4j.

  11:23:02,967 INFO  [Log4jService$URLWatchTimerTask] Configuring from URL: file:/C:/europ/files/log4j.properties
log4j: Reading configuration from URL file:/C:/europ/files/log4j.properties
log4j: Parsing for [root] with value=[ERROR, console, logfile].
log4j: Level token is [ERROR].
log4j: Category root set to ERROR
log4j: Parsing appender named "console".
log4j: Parsing layout options for "console".
log4j: Setting property [conversionPattern] to [%d %5r %-5p %c{2} (%M:%L) - %m%n].
log4j: End of parsing for "console".
log4j: Setting property [target] to [System.out].
log4j: Setting property [threshold] to [INFO].
log4j: Parsed "console" options.
log4j: Parsing appender named "logfile".
log4j: Parsing layout options for "logfile".
log4j: Setting property [conversionPattern] to [%d %5r %-5p %c{2} (%M:%L) - %m%n].
log4j: End of parsing for "logfile".
log4j: Setting property [maxBackupIndex] to [50].
log4j: Setting property [file] to [C:/europ/application.log].
log4j: Setting property [maxFileSize] to [10000KB].
log4j: setFile called: C:/europ/application.log, true
log4j: setFile ended
log4j: Parsed "logfile" options.
log4j: Parsing for [org.springframework] with value=[WARN].
log4j: Level token is [WARN].
log4j: Category org.springframework set to WARN
log4j: Handling log4j.additivity.org.springframework=[null]
log4j: Parsing for [com.sun.facelets] with value=[WARN].
log4j: Level token is [WARN].
log4j: Category com.sun.facelets set to WARN
log4j: Handling log4j.additivity.com.sun.facelets=[null]
log4j: Parsing for [org.hibernate] with value=[WARN].
log4j: Level token is [WARN].
log4j: Category org.hibernate set to WARN
log4j: Handling log4j.additivity.org.hibernate=[null]
log4j: Parsing for [org.hibernate.SQL] with value=[WARN].
log4j: Level token is [WARN].
log4j: Category org.hibernate.SQL set to WARN
log4j: Handling log4j.additivity.org.hibernate.SQL=[null]
log4j: Parsing for [org.apache.myfaces] with value=[WARN].
log4j: Level token is [WARN].
log4j: Category org.apache.myfaces set to WARN
log4j: Handling log4j.additivity.org.apache.myfaces=[null]
log4j: Finished configuring.  

[Jaikiran Pai]

What does your log4j.properties look like? Maybe you have set logging levels to a very high level.

[Kousik Majumder]

my log4j.properties

  log4j.rootLogger=ERROR, console, logfile

# Console
log4j.appender.console=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
log4j.appender.console.Target=System.out
log4j.appender.console.threshold=INFO
log4j.appender.console.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.console.layout.ConversionPattern=%d %5r %-5p %c{2} (%M:%L) - %m%n

# File
log4j.appender.logfile=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
log4j.appender.logfile.File=C:/europ/application.log
log4j.appender.logfile.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.logfile.layout.ConversionPattern=%d %5r %-5p %c{2} (%M:%L) - %m%n
log4j.appender.logfile.MaxFileSize=10000KB
log4j.appender.logfile.MaxBackupIndex=50

log4j.logger.com.sun.facelets=WARN
log4j.logger.org.apache.myfaces=WARN
log4j.logger.org.springframework=WARN
log4j.category.org.hibernate=WARN
log4j.category.org.hibernate.SQL=WARN
  

[Jaikiran Pai]

log4j.rootLogger=ERROR, console, logfile

Your root logger level is set to ERROR, which means that anything below ERROR level will not be logged, unless you specifically configure individual loggers (like you have done for org.hibernate)

Usually, the root logger is set to INFO levels.

[Kousik Majumder]

Thank you Jaikiran. It is working fine now.