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The following page has been changed by GuillermoGrandes: http://wiki.apache.org/james/LogRotation The comment on the change is: Using Log4J in James ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Here is some more information about configuration of the logging: http://rzserv2.fhnon.de/~lg002556/james/James.html#d3e143 + + ---- + + + '''Using Log4J in James''' + ---- + + The use is relatively easy (probed in James 2.3.0rc1) + + Change the SAR-INF/environment.xml. + + Original: + + {{{ + <logs version="1.1"> + }}} + + Log4J Enabled: + + {{{ + <logs version="log4j" xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/"; debug="false"> + }}} + + Now... configure the log4j appenders, targets, etc... example: + + {{{ + <?xml version="1.0"?> + <!-- Example SAR-INF/environment.xml --> + + <server> + <logs version="log4j" xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/"; debug="false"> + + <!-- Send only error messages to stdout --> + <appender name="STDOUT" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender"> + <param name="Threshold" value="ERROR"/> + <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout"> + <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d %-5p [%t] %C{2} (%F:%L) - %m%n"/> + </layout> + </appender> + + <!-- Log messages to a file and rotate it everyday at midnight --> + <appender name="DATE_LOGFILE" class="org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender"> + <param name="File" value="${phoenix.home}/logs/james.log"/> + <param name="Append" value="true"/> + <!-- Rollover at midnight each day --> + <param name="DatePattern" value="'.'yyyy-MM-dd"/> + <!-- Message layout format --> + <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout"> + <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d %-5p [%c] %m%n"/> + </layout> + </appender> + + <!-- CATEGORIES --> + + <category name="smtpserver"> + <priority value="INFO"/> + </category> + <category name="spoolmanager"> + <priority value="INFO"/> + </category> + <category name="James.Mailet"> + <priority value="INFO"/> + </category> + <!-- Do not show INFO about Apache utilities --> + <category name="org.apache"> + <priority value="WARN"/> + </category> + <!-- + Some categories to choose : + James.Mailet, James, spoolmanager, dnsserver, + remotemanager, pop3server, smtpserver, nntpserver, + nntp-repository, mailstore, users-store, objectstorage, + connections, sockets, scheduler, fetchpop, fetchmail, ... + --> + + <!-- ROOT CATEGORY --> + + <root> + <priority value="DEBUG"/> + <appender-ref ref="DATE_LOGFILE"/> + <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" /> + </root> + + </logs> + </server> + + }}} + + And if you want that processor XML can validate the configuration file you do not forget to extract the file log4j.dtd of jar (log4j-1.2.13.jar) and to place it in directory SAR-INF/ + + Now you will have to add the following line in the beginning of the file SAR-INF/environment.xml + + {{{ + + <?xml version="1.0"?> + <!-- For validate XML --> + <!DOCTYPE logs SYSTEM "log4j.dtd"> + + }}} + + see also: + [http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/avalon/cvs-migration-snapshot/avalon-phoenix/src/java/org/apache/avalon/phoenix/components/logger/DefaultLogManager.java] +
