Thanks Achim for replying.

I tried to have a fragment bundle of  JSONEvenLayout
<https://github.com/logstash/log4j-jsonevent-layout> . But whenever I am
trying to start Karaf I am getting the below exception. I have listed down
all the steps that I have been doing. Can you let me know what I am doing
wrong?

]log4j:ERROR Could not instantiate class [net.logstash.log4j.
JSONEventLayoutV1].
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: net.logstash.log4j.JSONEventLayoutV1 not
found by org.ops4j.pax.logging.pax-logging-service [5]
    at
org.apache.felix.framework.BundleWiringImpl.findClassOrResourceByDelegation(BundleWiringImpl.java:1532)

    at
org.apache.felix.framework.BundleWiringImpl.access$400(BundleWiringImpl.java:75)

    at
org.apache.felix.framework.BundleWiringImpl$BundleClassLoader.loadClass(BundleWiringImpl.java:1955)

    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357)
    at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
    at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:264)
    at org.apache.log4j.helpers.Loader.loadClass(Loader.java:198)
    at
org.apache.log4j.helpers.OptionConverter.instantiateByClassName(OptionConverter.java:326)

    at
org.apache.log4j.helpers.OptionConverter.instantiateByKey(OptionConverter.java:123)

    at
org.apache.log4j.PaxLoggingConfigurator.parseAppender(PaxLoggingConfigurator.java:129)

    at
org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.parseCategory(PropertyConfigurator.java:735)

    at
org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.configureRootCategory(PropertyConfigurator.java:615)

    at
org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.doConfigure(PropertyConfigurator.java:502)

    at
org.apache.log4j.PaxLoggingConfigurator.doConfigure(PaxLoggingConfigurator.java:72)

    at
org.ops4j.pax.logging.service.internal.PaxLoggingServiceImpl.updated(PaxLoggingServiceImpl.java:214)

    at
org.ops4j.pax.logging.service.internal.PaxLoggingServiceImpl$1ManagedPaxLoggingService.updated(PaxLoggingServiceImpl.java:362)

    at
org.apache.felix.cm.impl.helper.ManagedServiceTracker.updated(ManagedServiceTracker.java:189)

    at
org.apache.felix.cm.impl.helper.ManagedServiceTracker.updateService(ManagedServiceTracker.java:152)

    at
org.apache.felix.cm.impl.helper.ManagedServiceTracker.provideConfiguration(ManagedServiceTracker.java:85)

    at
org.apache.felix.cm.impl.ConfigurationManager$UpdateConfiguration.run(ConfigurationManager.java:1747)

    at org.apache.felix.cm.impl.UpdateThread.run(UpdateThread.java:103)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
log4j:ERROR No layout set for the appender named [out].



The steps that I have followed.

1. Modified the pom.xml file of jsonevent-layout as shown below:-

<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3.7</version>
<extensions>true</extensions>
<configuration>
    <instructions>
        <Bundle-Name>${project.groupId}.${project.artifactId}</Bundle-Name>

<Bundle-SymbolicName>${project.groupId}.${project.artifactId}</Bundle-SymbolicName>
        <Import-Package>!*</Import-Package>

<Fragment-Host>org.ops4j.pax.logging.pax-logging-service;bundle-version="[1.6,1.7)"</Fragment-Host>

<Embed-Dependency>*;scope=compile|runtime;inline=true</Embed-Dependency>
        <Implementation-Version>${project.version}</Implementation-Version>
    </instructions>
</configuration>
</plugin>

2. Build json format using mvn clean install -Pbundle

3. Copy bundle created to system directory

    mkdir -p 
${karaf.home}/system/net/logstash/log4j/jsonevent-layout/1.8-SNAPSHOT/

    cp target/jsonevent-layout-1.8-SNAPSHOT.jar
${karaf.home}/system/net/logstash/log4j/jsonevent-layout/1.8-SNAPSHOT/

4. Add this line to etc/startup.properties before Pax Logging
    
net/logstash/log4j/jsonevent-layout/1.8-SNAPSHOT/jsonevent-layout-1.8-SNAPSHOT.jar=3

    mvn\:org.ops4j.pax.url/pax-url-aether/2.4.1 = 5
    mvn\:org.ops4j.pax.url/pax-url-wrap/2.4.1/jar/uber = 5
    mvn\:org.ops4j.pax.logging/pax-logging-api/1.8.4 = 8
    mvn\:org.ops4j.pax.logging/pax-logging-service/1.8.4 = 8
    Updated org.ops4j.pax.logging.cfg as follows:-
    log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
    log4j.appender.stdout.layout=net.logstash.log4j.JSONEventLayoutV1
    log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} | %-5.5p |
%-16.16t | %-32.32c{1} | %X{bundle.id} - %X{bundle.name} -
%X{bundle.version} | %m%n


 Thanks,
Debraj

On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 1:17 PM, Achim Nierbeck <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Depends on if you have an appender that can do so.
> If you have such an appender, make sure to attach it to pax-logging.
> One known to work solution is to have a fragment bundle which attaches to
> the pax-logging service bundle (if it's a log4j 1.x bundle)
>
> regards, Achim
>
>
> 2016-02-29 6:46 GMT+01:00 D <[email protected]>:
>
>> Is there a way we can make karaf log in JSON format?
>>
>>
>>
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