It's log4j.configurationFile use this property to specify external config. As in,
`log4j.configurationFile=/path/to/log4j2.xml` On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 6:47 PM +0530, "Ralph Goers" <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com<mailto:ralph.go...@dslextreme.com>> wrote: I’d have to look at the code to be sure, but you might try configuring it as a url - file:///mypath . Ralph > On Jan 24, 2018, at 5:46 AM, Fröstl, Christian wrote: > > Hello everybody, > > We like to use a log4j2.xml file for log4j2 configuration of our hybris > application. > If the file log4j2.xml is part of the classpath and the property > "log4j2.config.xml=hybris-log4j2.xml" is part of my local.properties file, it > will be loaded automatically and everything is fine. > But how can we load the file if it is located in a directory outside the > classpath? > > I tried the following: > 1.Specify the absolute path in local.properties file > -> Will just get many context loader and nullpointer exceptions in logfile > > 2. Specify the log4j.configurationFile property in log4j2.component.properties > -> The file will be found by the system, but config will have no effect. > Fallback custom log will be used > > I found this documentation, that it should be possible to configure the xml > file with this properties, but it doesn't work. > https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.0/faq.html -> How do I specify the > configuration file location? > > Does anyone have an idea to solve this problem? > > Thanks and greetings, > Christian > > > On 23.01.18, 17:44, "Greg Huber" wrote: > > Hello, > > In a tomcat environment how do I get Log4jServletContextListener > contextDestroyed to be called last. It is being called before my > contextDestroyed and I get no logging on shutdown. > > Cheers Greg > > > > ________________________________ > > This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, > proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in > error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any > other use of the email by you is prohibited. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-user-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-user-h...@logging.apache.org >