Log file per bundle instead of one global log file

[unwired]

Is it possible to have a log file per bundle ?  Currently we have an application that uses the log4j PropertyConfigurator.configure method to configure a different file at runtime.

I am unable to get this to work with FUSE-ESB.  Is there some means of having many log files aside from  servicemix.log?

Thanks

[mielket]

I am not aware of a way to include a logging configuration into the bundle that would then write everything to a different log file.

However since SMX4 logging is based on Log4J, one possible solution could be to use per package level appenders defined in the etc/org.ops4j.pax.logging.cfg. So something similar to

log4j.logger.com.acme=DEBUG, XX
log4j.appender.XX=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
log4j.appender.XX.File=XX.log
log4j.appender.XX.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.XX.layout.ConversionPattern=%p %t %c - %m%n

The same logging would still go to the loggers defined in root but you will also appear in the configured XX.log file.

Not sure if that is sufficient for you.

[unwired]

I was able to make the solution that you suggest work earlier but I am looking specifically for each bundle to have its own log4j.properties rather than having to edit the global file each time a new bundle is deployed.

pax logging has a dummy PropertyConfigurator in their log4j facade.

It would be a nice feature to have otherwise finding a log entry in a global file is quite painful.

[mielket]

I raised ESB-862 to capture your request.