check %SPARK_HOME/conf copy file log4j.properties.template to log4j.properties
edit log4j.properties and set the log levels to your needs cat log4j.properties # Set everything to be logged to the console log4j.rootCategory=ERROR, console log4j.appender.console=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender log4j.appender.console.target=System.err log4j.appender.console.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.console.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss} %p %c{1}: %m%n # Settings to quiet third party logs that are too verbose log4j.logger.org.spark-project.jetty=WARN log4j.logger.org.spark-project.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle=ERROR log4j.logger.org.apache.spark.repl.SparkIMain$exprTyper=INFO log4j.logger.org.apache.spark.repl.SparkILoop$SparkILoopInterpreter=INFO log4j.logger.org.apache.parquet=ERROR log4j.logger.parquet=ERROR # SPARK-9183: Settings to avoid annoying messages when looking up nonexistent UDFs in SparkSQL with Hive support log4j.logger.org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingHMSHandler=FATAL log4j.logger.org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.FunctionRegistry=ERROR HTH Dr Mich Talebzadeh LinkedIn * https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=AAEAAAAWh2gBxianrbJd6zP6AcPCCdOABUrV8Pw <https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=AAEAAAAWh2gBxianrbJd6zP6AcPCCdOABUrV8Pw>* http://talebzadehmich.wordpress.com *Disclaimer:* Use it at your own risk. Any and all responsibility for any loss, damage or destruction of data or any other property which may arise from relying on this email's technical content is explicitly disclaimed. The author will in no case be liable for any monetary damages arising from such loss, damage or destruction. On 4 July 2016 at 21:56, Jean Georges Perrin <j...@jgp.net> wrote: > Hi, > > I have installed Apache Spark via Maven. > > How can I control the volume of log it displays on my system? I tried > different location for a log4j.properties, but none seems to work for me. > > Thanks for help... > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe e-mail: user-unsubscr...@spark.apache.org > >