You could add that data to the ThreadContext which would be sent along with each log message.
On 9 June 2017 at 01:46, Anhad Singh Bhasin <anhadbha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I am new to Log4J2 and unable to find answer to a simple question, which am > sure would be a simple thing for someone who has worked on Log4J2. I tried > asking the same question on Stack Overflow but no one replied hence asking > the same question here. Any help would be deeply appreciated. Thanks a lot. > > The question link on Stack over flow is this - https://stackoverflow.com/ > questions/44445108/log4j2-how-to-pass-application-name-in-tcpsocketserver- > implementation-from-cli > > Same Question here : I am running a Log4J2 TCPSocketServer on an edge node > in a cluster. All the data nodes send log events to the TCPSocketServer on > the edge node and also log locally in the data node using the log4j2.xml > configuration file as shown below. The Application Name is stored as a > System property and is accessible in the data node or client's log4j2.xml > configuration using ${sys:ABC.appname}. How can I send the same appname to > the edge node where TCPSocketServer is running using the log4j2.xml. I > would be using the same Application Name in the log4j2-server.xml to log > events into separate log files just like I am doing locally on data node. > > Sample snippet from data node or Client - log4j2.xml : > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <Configuration status="warn" name="MyApp" > > <Appenders> > <Socket name="socket" host="localhost" port="12345" > > <SerializedLayout /> > </Socket> > <File name="MyFile" fileName="/var/log/${sys:ABC.appname}.log" > > <PatternLayout> > <Pattern>%d{ISO8601} %p %c{1.} [%t] %m%n</Pattern> > </PatternLayout> > </File> > </Appenders> > <Loggers> > <Root level="debug"> > <AppenderRef ref="socket"/> > <AppenderRef ref="MyFile"/> > </Root> > </Loggers> > </Configuration> > > Sample snippet from edge node or Server - log4j2-server.xml > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <Configuration status="WARN"> > <Appenders> > <File name="MyFile" fileName="/var/log/data/${hostName}-<**This is > where I would like to see the appname from data node**>.log" > > <PatternLayout> > <Pattern>%d{ISO8601} %p %c{1.} [%t] %m%n</Pattern> > </PatternLayout> > </File> > <Async name="AsyncFile"> > <AppenderRef ref="MyFile" /> > </Async> > </Appenders> > <Loggers> > <Root level="WARN"> > <AppenderRef ref="AsyncFile"/> > </Root> > </Loggers> > </Configuration> > > > Thank you so much for your time. > > Regards, > > Anhad Singh Bhasin > -- Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com>
