That’s a system property to set on the java command line invocation of your application.
— Matt Sicker > On Jan 5, 2022, at 10:51, Jin, Ying <ying....@vumc.org> wrote: > > Can you let me know where I should put the following property in the > application? Thanks! > > -Dlog4j2.debug=true > > From: Jin, Ying <ying....@vumc.org> > Sent: Wednesday, January 5, 2022 9:34 AM > To: log4j-user@logging.apache.org > Subject: RE: RE: how to use external log4j2 property file > > >> On 2022/01/05 02:16:47 "Jin, Ying" wrote: >> Hello, >> >> We have a requirement to use external server-side log4j2.properties file for >> our log4j2 upgrade projects. After using the following jar files in the >> project and use the code below to configure log4j with an external log4j2 >> property file. We still see logging output goes to the WebLogic console >> instead of the application's log file. > >> >> If we put the log4j2.properties file in the project's classpath, the >> application log file can be generated on the server. However, we're required >> to use the external server side log4j property file. > >> >> log4j-api-2.17.0.jar >> log4j-core-2.17.0.jar >> >> LoggerContext context = (LoggerContext) LogManager.getContext(false); >> context.setConfigLocation(new File(log4jConfigurationPath).toURI()); >> >> Please help shed some light on this. We've spent much time and efforts on >> this issue, but still no luck. >> >> Your help is much appreciated, >> Jenny >> >> >> >>
