Justin, Thanks for trying to help! Some more details.
The runtime ERROR: 2019-03-13 18:50:56,415 main ERROR An exception occurred processing Appender logMessagesJmsQueue org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.AppenderLoggingException: Error sending to JMS Manager 'logMessagesJmsQueue': JMS message producer not available at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.mom.JmsManager.send(JmsManager.java:458) jndi.properity file java.naming.factory.initial=org.apache.activemq.artemis.jndi.ActiveMQInitialContextFactory connectionFactory.ConnectionFactory=tcp://localhost:61616 logMessages=queue.queues/logMessages Updated log4j2.xml <JMS name="logMessagesJmsQueue" factoryName="org.apache.activemq.artemis.jndi.ActiveMQInitialContextFactory" factoryBindingName="ConnectionFactory" providerURL="tcp://localhost:61616" destinationBindingName ="logMessages" userName="xxx" password="xxx" > <JSONLayout compact="false" eventEol="true"/> </JMS> The queue in atremis (pre-created) org.apache.activemq.artemis:broker="0.0.0.0",component=addresses,address="logMessages",subcomponent=queues,routing-type="anycast",queue="logMessages" -- Sent from: http://activemq.2283324.n4.nabble.com/ActiveMQ-User-f2341805.html