The new jboss provides the feature that allows to have per deployment logging configuration (see https://issues.jboss.org/browse/AS7-514)

I tried creating a logging.properties file and this works fine for configuring a different log file or a different global level.

What doesn't seem to work (and I probably just did a stupid mistake which I can't find), is to specify a different log level for a certain category

neo.ear/META-INF/logging.properties

loggers=NeoTimer

logger.level=ERROR
logger.handlers=CONSOLE, FILE

logger.NeoTimer.level=INFO

# Console handler configuration
handler.CONSOLE=org.jboss.logmanager.handlers.ConsoleHandler
handler.CONSOLE.level=INFO
handler.CONSOLE.properties=autoFlush
handler.CONSOLE.autoFlush=true
handler.CONSOLE.formatter=PATTERN

# File handler configuration
handler.FILE=org.jboss.logmanager.handlers.FileHandler
handler.FILE.level=INFO
handler.FILE.properties=autoFlush,fileName
handler.FILE.autoFlush=true
handler.FILE.fileName=/neo/apps/jboss/standalone/log/server.log
handler.FILE.formatter=PATTERN

# The log format pattern for both logs
formatter.PATTERN=org.jboss.logmanager.formatters.PatternFormatter
formatter.PATTERN.properties=pattern
formatter.PATTERN.pattern=%d{HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p [%c{1}] %m%n

Logging happens jusing slf4j and is in neo.ear/lib/neo-common.jar

private static final Logger DEFAULT_LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger("NeoTimer");


logger.info("my message");

Changing global stuff such as the handlers or the global levels works (so the log file is picked up) but the configuration for the NeoTimer does not work.