Thanks Matt, ThreadContext did the trick. I really appreciate you taking the time out to answer my question.
Regards, Anhad On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 8:07 AM, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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> >
