The goal of this log4j appender is to provide a log offset and the fixed name of the container log file (instead of apex.log becoming apex.log.1 and then apex.log.2, etc due to rotation) as part of an error STRAM event so users can easily locate the log entries around the error.
The user can override the appender, but in that case, the engine detects that and will not include the log location as part of the STRAM event. David On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 7:10 PM, Priyanka Gugale <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Thomas, > Yes log4j is ultimately owned by user, and they should be able to override > it. What I am trying to do is provide a default behavior for Apex. In case > user isn't using any logger of their own we should use this new appender of > Apex rather than using standard log4j appender as per hadoop config. > > Sanjay, > Archetype is the good place to put this and I will add it there, but many > time people won't use it. So I wanted to keep it at ~/.dt as well. Is there > any other default config folder for Apex? > > Also I am not relying on anything. If we fail to find config in app jar or > ~/.dt we are going to skip usage of this new appender. > > -Priyanka > > On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 5:58 AM, Sanjay Pujare <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > The only way to “enforce” this new appender is to update the archetypes > > (apex-app-archetype and apex-conf-archetype under apex-core/ ) to use > the > > new ones as default. But there does not seem to be a way to enforce this > > for anyone not using the archetypes. > > > > I agree with not relying on ~/.dt in apex-core. > > > > On 11/22/16, 1:08 PM, "Thomas Weise" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The log4j configuration is ultimately owned by the user, so how do > you > > want > > to enforce a custom appender? > > > > I don't think that this should rely on anything in ~/.dt either > > > > Thomas > > > > On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 10:00 AM, Priyanka Gugale < > > [email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I am working on APEXCORE-563 > > > <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/APEXCORE-563> > > > As per this Jira we should put log file name in container/operator > > events. > > > The problem is current RollingFileAppender keeps renaming files > from > > 1 to 2 > > > to ... n as files reach maximum allowed file size. Because of > > constant > > > renaming of files we can't put a fixed file name in stram event. > > > > > > To overcome this I would like to add a new log4j appender to > > ApexCore. > > > There are two ways I can implement this: > > > 1. Have Daily rolling file appender. The current file will be > > recognized > > > based on timestamp in file name. Also to control max file size, we > > need to > > > keep rolling files based on size as well. > > > 2. Have Rolling File Appender but do not rename files. When max > file > > size > > > is reached create new file with next number e.g. crate log file > > dt.log.2 > > > after dt.log.1 is full. Also to recognize the latest file keep the > > softlink > > > named dt.log pointing to current log file. > > > > > > I would prefer to implement approach 2. Please provide your > > > comments/feedback if you feel otherwise. > > > > > > Also to use this new appender we need to use our custom > > log4j.properties > > > file instead of one present in hadoop conf. For that we need to set > > jvm > > > option -Dlog4j.configuration. I am planning to update file > > dt-site.xml in > > > folder ~/.dt and default properties file available in apex > > archetype to > > > set jvm options as follows: > > > <property> > > > <name>dt.attr.CONTAINER_JVM_OPTIONS</name> > > > <value>-Dlog4j.configuration=log4j.props</value> > > > </property> > > > > > > And I will copy log4j.props file in ~/.dt folder as well as > > > apex-archetypes. > > > > > > Lastly if someone still miss this new log4j properties file or jvm > > option > > > to set -Dlog4j.configuration we will not put log file name in event > > raised > > > by container or operator. > > > > > > Please provide your feedback on this approach. > > > > > > -Priyanka > > > > > > > > > > > >
