Support for slf4j in EAP 6.3?

[hundleb]

I'm pretty confused about the issue of logging in JBoss EAP 6.3.  Does JBoss EAP 6.3 provide built in support for sl4j?  I read that JBoss 6.3 has changed it's logging and has moved from log4j to a proprietary logging system.  I'm trying to write a web application that uses slf4j with log4j underneath. 

The Current state of my application is:

• slf4j and log4j jar files in my WEB-INF lib folder
• log4j.xml is in my classes folder
• jboss-deployment-structure.xml is in my WEB-INF folder and contains the following:

<jboss-deployment-structure>

  <deployment>

    <exclusions>

        <module name="org.apache.log4j" />

        <module name="org.apache.commons.logging" />

        <module name="org.slf4j"/>

    </exclusions>

  </deployment>

</jboss-deployment-structure>

• I'm starting my JBoss server with the command line:  -Dorg.jboss.as.logging.per-deployment=false

This seems to work for the most part but I'm not happy that my log files are in my bin directory instead of standalone\log.  Also I think this solution requires me to bounce the server if I want to change my logging level say from INFO to DEBUG.  And the fact that I have to exclude org.slf4j in the jboss-deployment-structure makes me think that maybe slf4j is already built into JBoss and I'm not taking advantage of it.

Could someone tell me if there is a better way to implement slf4j in JBoss EAP 6.3?

[jorsol]

The way I use it is simply mark slf4-api as a provided dependency... and that's all...

By default the webapp willl start to use the logger of JBoss and print in stantalone\log, the best of all is that you can make changes to the logging level from INFO to DEBUG without restart or reload the app.

[hundleb]

Do you happen to know where the config file is for the JBoss logger?

[jorsol]

In standalone.xml if you start standalone mode and domain.xml if you start domain mode. You probably sould use the web console to configure the logging subsystem.

Check out Logging Configuration - JBoss AS 7.1 - Project Documentation Editor

[hundleb]

Thanks for your help.