I would like both.... one <common>/lib/log4j.properties for the main Tomcat container logging and another log4j for each web apps - where you set its log filename and rotation etc...
The tomcat logging would be of interest to an admin and the web app logs to the developer. Do I make sense? Tx - Fred Filip Hanik - Dev Lists wrote: > > if you want to use log4j in your application only, > then forget everything you read on logging.html > > all you need to do is log4j.jar in WEB-INF/lib > log4j.properties in WEB-INF/classes > > the steps you are outlining, are converting tomcat from using > java.util.logging to log4j for the container. and you don't need those > steps if all you want is log4j for a webapp > > Filip > > fredk2 wrote: >> Hi, >> >> still reading :-) http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/logging.html >> >> I have setup log4j as above, but with a little twist. >> If you permission $CATALINA_HOME as read only and you want to customize >> the >> log4j.properties then you need to install the log4j1.2.14.jar and >> log4j.properties in $CATALINA_BASE/lib. >> You also need to adjust the catalina.properties common.loader >> >> common.loader=${catalina.base}/lib,${catalina.base}/lib/*.jar,${catalina.home}/lib,${catalina.home}/lib/*.jar >> >> The tomcat logging works well. However, I have 2 questions related to >> installing log4j for a web application: >> >> 1. why does the documentation say to add log4j1.2.x.jar to the >> WEB-INF/lib, >> isn't it already loaded by the common.loader at this point? >> >> 2. is there a way to add a WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties to log to >> myapp1.log and capture all the logs related to the web application ? Why >> would'nt the following create a myapp1.log? >> >> <myapp1>/WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties -> >> >> log4j.debug=TRUE >> log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG,myapp1 >> >> # test logger >> log4j.logger.org.apache=DEBUG,myapp1 >> >> # Log rotation >> log4j.appender.myapp1=org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender >> log4j.appender.myapp1.File=${catalina.base}/logs/myapp1.log >> log4j.appender.myapp1.DatePattern='.'yyyy-MM-dd >> # Print the date in ISO 8601 format >> log4j.appender.myapp1.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout >> log4j.appender.myapp1.layout.ConversionPattern=%d [%t] %-5p %c - %m%n >> >> >> Any hints - suggestions are appreciated, >> Many Thanks - Fred >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Tomcat-6-and-log4j-for-a-web-application-tf4325752.html#a12320351 Sent from the Tomcat - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
