Log4j not working for custom logging in TeamSite

TS 6.7.2

I am trying to use TS log4j at,
iw-home\local\config\lib\content_center\customer_src\log4j.xml

to do some custom logging for my java code. Seems it just creates the log file I mention in log4j but do not write any log statements (debug/info) inside it. (the custom log file gets created but remains size 0 ).

I am using Apache log4j.Logger for logging.
The same log4j configuration just works very much alright on my local machine writting desired logs in custom log file.

Anybody knows if I need to tweak anything there?

Thanks

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Adam Stoller

TS 6.7.2

I am trying to use TS log4j at,
iw-home\local\config\lib\content_center\customer_src\log4j.xml

I believe that should be:
iw-home\local\config\lib\conent_center\customer_src\etc\conf\customer\log4j.xml

to do some custom logging for my java code. Seems it just creates the log file I mention in log4j but do not write any log statements (debug/info) inside it. (the custom log file gets created but remains size 0 ).

I am using Apache log4j.Logger for logging.
The same log4j configuration just works very much alright on my local machine writting desired logs in custom log file.

Anybody knows if I need to tweak anything there?

Thanks

Without seeing how you configured your log4j.xml (and verifying that it's where TS expects it to be) and knowing that you did a make_toolkit.ipl (successfully) and how your code is setting up its logger relative to how you configured your log4j.xml ... well, it's kind of difficult to figure out what's wrong.

psr

PLease see message below.

psr

I believe that should be:
iw-home\local\config\lib\conent_center\customer_src\etc\conf\customer\log4j.xml

Without seeing how you configured your log4j.xml (and verifying that it's where TS expects it to be) and knowing that you did a make_toolkit.ipl (successfully) and how your code is setting up its logger relative to how you configured your log4j.xml ... well, it's kind of difficult to figure out what's wrong.

Yes the file is very much at,
iw-home\local\config\lib\conent_center\customer_src\etc\conf\customer\log4j.xml
& the log4j.xml is as below,
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& in "testSetup.java"
- importing Logger & LogManager
- Initializing the Logger (logger)
- & trying to use logger (Logger) to log required messages, e.g.
log.debug("Job Name = " + job.getName());

One thing I realized is, it does log messages but,
- only at "WARN" level
- & that too only in "servletd_out.log"
- Also I can see the file defined in log4j.xml "common.log" is initialized (while running maketoolkit.ipl) but remains at zero size.
- No other log levels (debug, info) are printed anywhere.

Not sure the log4j initialization is overridden by something else or I am doing any mistake anywhere.
Thanks

psr

Anybody any suggestions?

Thanks

RonaldV

Hi,

your log4j config looks ok, specially since the log file is actually created.

But I have my doubts on the logger.name that you use. Is you class actually located under com.teamsite.workflow?

If so, change the name to like 'com.teamsite' or 'com'. With this all java-classes that start with com should write to your logfile.

(For quicker testing you can modify your log4j under {servlet}/WEB-INF\conf\customer and just bounch the servlet)

psr

Hi,

your log4j config looks ok, specially since the log file is actually created.

But I have my doubts on the logger.name that you use. Is you class actually located under com.teamsite.workflow?

If so, change the name to like 'com.teamsite' or 'com'. With this all java-classes that start with com should write to your logfile.

(For quicker testing you can modify your log4j under {servlet}/WEB-INF\conf\customer and just bounch the servlet)

Thanks Ronald..
But basically the class very much lies below com.teamsite.workflow.
I have already tried modifying log4j under customer & few others as well :-).. unfortunately no success.
I am convinced there is something overwritting the initialization of log4j under customer with something else (as log file is definitely created). & to add into .. that also seems chaging the log level to "warn" (from deug set in log4j).. I can change the log level inside the code & use the appenders to grab the log file exlicitely .. but thats goig to be pathetic code all over.

Thanks

amu

Hi,

Not sure whether your facing the similar issue as mine, can you please go through the following thread,
http://devnet.interwoven.com/forums_vb/showthread.php?t=30820&forumid=11

psr

Hi,

Not sure whether your facing the similar issue as mine, can you please go through the following thread,
http://devnet.interwoven.com/forums_vb/showthread.php?t=30820&forumid=11

yup very simillar issue.. but the problem is I want to use the custom log file & not to refer servletd_out log.

Adam Stoller

yup very simillar issue.. but the problem is I want to use the custom log file & not to refer servletd_out log.

I believe the logging will go to servletd_out.log if it does not recognize any other logger specification - which would tend to mean that there's something wrong either in your log4j.xml (which looked reasonable at a quick glance) or your code where you initialize your logger (which I don't believe you've posted).

So - can you post at least an abridged version of your code which shows the declaration and initialization of your logger relative to the log4j.xml file that you've already posted?

somens

I was also facing the same issue for custom log. The log4j.xml under the /APP-SERVER/default/deploy/iw-preview.war/WEB-INF/classes needs to be changed directly to enable custom log.

Rick Poulin

I am using Apache [size=2]log4j.Logger for logging.

Might not make a difference, but you should be going through the Apache Commons Logging framework instead. It's an abstraction layer that isolates you from the actual implementation (which is Log4j). Besides that, I've found that going to Log4j directly doesn't get instantiated properly, which is why your logs often end up nowhere.

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import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
/* ... */
private static final Log LOGGER = LogFactory.getLog(MyAwesomeClass.class);
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