Application level logging using log4j in MDB(.ear)

[kparasam]

Hi, I'm trying to use my own log4j.properties file for logging in the application(.ear). I've tried reading the .properties file from file system, and logging doesn't seem to work. The file is created but no logging happens. Any ideas on how to configure it right ? Thanks !

[jamezp]

What version of JBoss AS? Versions newer than 7.1.1 (built from tags or EAP versions) have per-deployment logging enabled which could configure logging for you if you include a log4j.properties.

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James R. Perkins

[kparasam]

I'm using 7.1.1-Final.

[jamezp]

Okay, then you need to exclude the implicit log4j dependency the server adds and include log4j in your deployment, How To - JBoss AS 7.1 - Project Documentation Editor.

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James R. Perkins

[kparasam]

Thanks for the reply. I'm getting some error when I used the jboss-deployment-structure.xml.

Caused by: javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException: ParseError at [row,col]:[2,1]

[Server:server-two] Message: Unexpected element '{urn:jboss:deployment-structure:1.2}jboss-deployment-structure'

I've the log4j.properties and log4j.jar in lib(of .ear). And, is there a way that I can read the properties file from file system rather than packaging in the .ear, since its more configurable ? Thanks !

[jamezp]

That seems rather odd. Where are you putting the jboss-deployment-structure.xml?

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James R. Perkins

[kparasam]

I got it to work. I had missed some tags in the jboss-deployment-structure.xml. Thanks for the posts.