Guillaume Turri created LOG4J2-1047:
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             Summary: When syslog appender can't find inetAddress at startup, 
it will never try to reconnect
                 Key: LOG4J2-1047
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1047
             Project: Log4j 2
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: Core
    Affects Versions: 2.3
         Environment: > lsb_release  -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS
Release:        14.04
Codename:       trusty

> java -version
java version "1.7.0_79"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea 2.5.5) (7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.2)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.79-b02, mixed mode)
            Reporter: Guillaume Turri
            Priority: Minor


* Steps to reproduce:

** Deactivate your wifi and unplug your network cable.
** Launch the following code with the following config
** Reactivate the network while the code is still running

The code is:

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import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger

public class App
{
        private static final Logger _logger = 
LogManager.getLogger("TestLogger");

        public static void main( String[] args ) throws Exception
        {
                int id = 0;
                while ( true ){
                        String msg = "message: " + id;
                        _logger.error(msg);
                        id++;
                         Thread.sleep(1000);
                }
        }
}
{code}

the config is:

{code}
<?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>
    <Syslog name="my-syslog" host="my-host" port="12201" protocol="TCP" 
format="RFC5424" mdcId="mdc" includeMDC="true" appName="testGTApp" 
newLine="true" connectTimeoutMillis="100" immediateFail="true" 
reconnectionDelayMillis="3000" immediateFlush="true" />
  </Appenders>
  <Loggers>
    <Root level="info">
      <AppenderRef ref="Console" />
      <AppenderRef ref="my-syslog"/>
    </Root>
  </Loggers>
</Configuration>
{code}

where "my-host" is a host with an actual syslog listening on the given port and 
with the given protocol.

"my-host" should be the name of the host. ie: it should *not* be an IP. It 
should *not* be localhost either. 

* Expected behavior: after we retrieve the network, messages are logged in the 
syslog

* Actual behavior: it starts by logging on the console the following error, and 
then, it never connects to the syslog

{code}
2015-06-09 16:31:26,939 ERROR Could not find address ofmy-host 
java.net.UnknownHostException: my-host: Name or service not known
        at java.net.Inet6AddressImpl.lookupAllHostAddr(Native Method)
        at java.net.InetAddress$1.lookupAllHostAddr(InetAddress.java:901)
        at 
java.net.InetAddress.getAddressesFromNameService(InetAddress.java:1293)
        at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName0(InetAddress.java:1246)
        at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName(InetAddress.java:1162)
        at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName(InetAddress.java:1098)
        at java.net.InetAddress.getByName(InetAddress.java:1048)
        at 
org.apache.logging.log4j.core.net.TcpSocketManager$TcpSocketManagerFactory.createManager(TcpSocketManager.java:279)
        at 
org.apache.logging.log4j.core.net.TcpSocketManager$TcpSocketManagerFactory.createManager(TcpSocketManager.java:272)
        at 
org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.AbstractManager.getManager(AbstractManager.java:71)
        at 
org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.OutputStreamManager.getManager(OutputStreamManager.java:60)
        at 
org.apache.logging.log4j.core.net.TcpSocketManager.getSocketManager(TcpSocketManager.java:114)
        at 
org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.SocketAppender.createSocketManager(SocketAppender.java:173)
        at 
org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.SyslogAppender.createAppender(SyslogAppender.java:145)
        [... truncated ...]

2015-06-09 16:31:26,942 ERROR Unable to invoke factory method in class class 
org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.SyslogAppender for element Syslog. 
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at 
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
        at 
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
        at 
org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.util.PluginBuilder.build(PluginBuilder.java:137)
        [... truncated. ...]

2015-06-09 16:31:26,944 ERROR Null object returned for Syslog in Appenders.
2015-06-09 16:31:26,947 ERROR Unable to locate appender my-syslog for logger 
{code}

* Potential fix: 
The following patch fixes the issue. (it changes a few public signatures, so 
you may not want to apply it as-is).

{code}
>From 0d2818762cf768e80f46fd08f48abac37747825b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guillaume Turri <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2015 17:44:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Syslog appender can catch up if we start without connection

Moreover this patch removes duplication:
* minor code duplication between DatagramSocketManager and TcpSocketManager
  in the way to handle the error when retrieving the InetAddress
* data duplication in the AbstractSocketManager constructor, because we
  had to provide both a InetAddress and a host name, which both match the same
  thing
---
 .../logging/log4j/core/net/AbstractSocketManager.java | 19 +++++++++++++++----
 .../logging/log4j/core/net/DatagramSocketManager.java | 16 +++-------------
 .../logging/log4j/core/net/SslSocketManager.java      |  4 ++--
 .../logging/log4j/core/net/TcpSocketManager.java      | 19 +++++--------------
 4 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

diff --git 
a/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/net/AbstractSocketManager.java
 
b/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/net/AbstractSocketManager.java
index 5ff43a3..4b0923c 100644
--- 
a/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/net/AbstractSocketManager.java
+++ 
b/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/net/AbstractSocketManager.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.apache.logging.log4j.core.net;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -33,7 +34,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractSocketManager extends 
OutputStreamManager {
     /**
      * The Internet address of the host.
      */
-    protected final InetAddress inetAddress;
+    private InetAddress inetAddress;
+    
+    protected InetAddress getInetAddress() throws UnknownHostException{
+       if ( inetAddress == null ){
+               inetAddress = InetAddress.getByName(host);
+       }
+       return inetAddress;
+    }
     
     /**
      * The name of the host.
@@ -49,15 +57,18 @@ public abstract class AbstractSocketManager extends 
OutputStreamManager {
      * The Constructor.
      * @param name The unique name of this connection.
      * @param os The OutputStream to manage.
-     * @param inetAddress The Internet address.
      * @param host The target host name.
      * @param port The target port number.
      */
-    public AbstractSocketManager(final String name, final OutputStream os, 
final InetAddress inetAddress, final String host,
+    public AbstractSocketManager(final String name, final OutputStream os, 
final String host,
                                  final int port, final Layout<? extends 
Serializable> layout) {
         super(os, name, layout);
-        this.inetAddress = inetAddress;
         this.host = host;
+        try {
+               this.inetAddress = getInetAddress();
+        } catch(UnknownHostException ex) {
+               LOGGER.error("Could not find address of " + this.host, ex);
+        }
         this.port = port;
     }
 
diff --git 
a/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/net/DatagramSocketManager.java
 
b/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/net/DatagramSocketManager.java
index e16c6ef..5b0ab8f 100644
--- 
a/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/net/DatagramSocketManager.java
+++ 
b/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/net/DatagramSocketManager.java
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ package org.apache.logging.log4j.core.net;
 
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.Serializable;
-import java.net.InetAddress;
-import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -38,14 +36,13 @@ public class DatagramSocketManager extends 
AbstractSocketManager {
      * The Constructor.
      * @param name The unique name of the connection.
      * @param os The OutputStream.
-     * @param inetAddress
      * @param host The host to connect to.
      * @param port The port on the host.
      * @param layout The layout
      */
-    protected DatagramSocketManager(final String name, final OutputStream os, 
final InetAddress inetAddress, final String host,
+    protected DatagramSocketManager(final String name, final OutputStream os, 
final String host,
                 final int port, final Layout<? extends Serializable> layout) {
-        super(name, os, inetAddress, host, port, layout);
+        super(name, os, host, port, layout);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -105,16 +102,9 @@ public class DatagramSocketManager extends 
AbstractSocketManager {
 
         @Override
         public DatagramSocketManager createManager(final String name, final 
FactoryData data) {
-            InetAddress inetAddress;
-            try {
-                inetAddress = InetAddress.getByName(data.host);
-            } catch (final UnknownHostException ex) {
-                LOGGER.error("Could not find address of " + data.host, ex);
-                return null;
-            }
             final OutputStream os = new DatagramOutputStream(data.host, 
data.port, data.layout.getHeader(),
                     data.layout.getFooter());
-            return new DatagramSocketManager(name, os, inetAddress, data.host, 
data.port, data.layout);
+            return new DatagramSocketManager(name, os, data.host, data.port, 
data.layout);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git 
a/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/net/SslSocketManager.java
 
b/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/net/SslSocketManager.java
index 87e7867..cc43490 100644
--- 
a/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/net/SslSocketManager.java
+++ 
b/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/net/SslSocketManager.java
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ public class SslSocketManager extends TcpSocketManager {
      * @param layout        The Layout.
      */
     public SslSocketManager(final String name, final OutputStream os, final 
Socket sock,
-            final SslConfiguration sslConfig, final InetAddress inetAddress, 
final String host, final int port,
+            final SslConfiguration sslConfig, final String host, final int 
port,
             int connectTimeoutMillis, final int delay, final boolean 
immediateFail,
             final Layout<? extends Serializable> layout) {
-        super(name, os, sock, inetAddress, host, port, connectTimeoutMillis, 
delay, immediateFail, layout);
+        super(name, os, sock, host, port, connectTimeoutMillis, delay, 
immediateFail, layout);
         this.sslConfig = sslConfig;
     }
 
diff --git 
a/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/net/TcpSocketManager.java
 
b/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/net/TcpSocketManager.java
index 9ab9f5f..20796bb 100644
--- 
a/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/net/TcpSocketManager.java
+++ 
b/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/net/TcpSocketManager.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import java.net.ConnectException;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.net.Socket;
-import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
@@ -67,7 +66,6 @@ public class TcpSocketManager extends AbstractSocketManager {
      * @param name The unique name of this connection.
      * @param os The OutputStream.
      * @param sock The Socket.
-     * @param inetAddress The Internet address of the host.
      * @param host The name of the host.
      * @param port The port number on the host.
      * @param connectTimeoutMillis the connect timeout in milliseconds.
@@ -75,10 +73,10 @@ public class TcpSocketManager extends AbstractSocketManager 
{
      * @param immediateFail
      * @param layout The Layout.
      */
-    public TcpSocketManager(final String name, final OutputStream os, final 
Socket sock, final InetAddress inetAddress,
+    public TcpSocketManager(final String name, final OutputStream os, final 
Socket sock,
                             final String host, final int port, int 
connectTimeoutMillis, final int delay,
                             final boolean immediateFail, final Layout<? 
extends Serializable> layout) {
-        super(name, os, inetAddress, host, port, layout);
+        super(name, os, host, port, layout);
         this.connectTimeoutMillis = connectTimeoutMillis;
         this.reconnectionDelay = delay;
         this.socket = sock;
@@ -205,7 +203,7 @@ public class TcpSocketManager extends AbstractSocketManager 
{
             while (!shutdown) {
                 try {
                     sleep(reconnectionDelay);
-                    final Socket sock = createSocket(inetAddress, port);
+                    final Socket sock = createSocket(getInetAddress(), port);
                     final OutputStream newOS = sock.getOutputStream();
                     synchronized (owner) {
                         try {
@@ -273,18 +271,11 @@ public class TcpSocketManager extends 
AbstractSocketManager {
         @Override
         public TcpSocketManager createManager(final String name, final 
FactoryData data) {
 
-            InetAddress inetAddress;
             OutputStream os;
             try {
-                inetAddress = InetAddress.getByName(data.host);
-            } catch (final UnknownHostException ex) {
-                LOGGER.error("Could not find address of " + data.host, ex);
-                return null;
-            }
-            try {
                 final Socket socket = new Socket(data.host, data.port);
                 os = socket.getOutputStream();
-                return new TcpSocketManager(name, os, socket, inetAddress, 
data.host, data.port,
+                return new TcpSocketManager(name, os, socket, data.host, 
data.port,
                         data.connectTimeoutMillis, data.delayMillis, 
data.immediateFail, data.layout);
             } catch (final IOException ex) {
                 LOGGER.error("TcpSocketManager (" + name + ") " + ex);
@@ -293,7 +284,7 @@ public class TcpSocketManager extends AbstractSocketManager 
{
             if (data.delayMillis == 0) {
                 return null;
             }
-            return new TcpSocketManager(name, os, null, inetAddress, 
data.host, data.port, data.connectTimeoutMillis,
+            return new TcpSocketManager(name, os, null, data.host, data.port, 
data.connectTimeoutMillis,
                     data.delayMillis, data.immediateFail, data.layout);
         }
     }
-- 
1.9.1

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