Configure log4j in weblogic server

I have recently configured log4j for our web applications deployed in weblogic 10.3 domain. The steps are given below:

1. Copy log4j-1.2.9.jar & wllog4j.jar under domain_root/lib folder.
2. Create log4j.xml and drop it under domain_root folder. If you have log4j.xml inside the application(EAR/WAR), I would recommend to move outside EAR/WAR as changing severity (log level) would require re-deployment. To avoid this, we can move log4j.xml into domain root folder but again the server needs to be bounced. But there is a fix. Click here for more info.
3. Login to weblogic server console. Go to Servers ->  Admin Server-> Logging. Click on advanced mode. Change the logging implementation from JDK to Log4J. Click save.
4. Activate changes. Re-start the admin server.

This should enable log4j and should write logging into log file mentioned in log4j.xml or properties file.

Hang on! There is a catch here. Say now I want to change the log level from DEBUG into WARN or ERROR. How do i do? We go to log4j.xml and change the level. Now how does this change take into effect? It needs bouncing of the server. That part i didn't like it. But guess what I have a solution for this. Please click here for changing the log levels on the fly at run time. Log4jAdmin.jsp will do the trick.

Some of our readers asked for example of log4j.xml. If you google it you will get plenty of them, still I am honoring your requests. Here you go, folks:

log4j.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd">
<log4j:configuration> 
  <appender name="CONSOLE" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender">
    <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
      <param name="ConversionPattern"
             value="%d [%t] %-5p %c - %m%n"/>
    </layout>
  </appender> 
<appender name="FILE" class="org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender">
    <param name="File" value="/log/myApp.log"/> 
    <param name="Append" value="true"/>
    <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
      <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{ISO8601} %t %-5p %c{2} - %m%n"/>
    </layout>
  </appender>
  <logger name="org.apache">
    <level value="WARN"/>
  </logger>
  <logger name="org.springframework">
    <level value="WARN"/>
  </logger>
  <root>
    <level value="DEBUG"/>
    <appender-ref ref="FILE"/>
<!--   <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE"/> -->
  </root>
</log4j:configuration>

I have disabled log4j to write into weblogic console by commenting out. If you want to enable it just uncomment it and bounce the server, you are done!

48 comments:

  1. It would be nice, if i could see a example of a log4j.xml file.

    thanks,
    ameo

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  2. Ameo,

    I have added log4j.xml above. Hope it helps.
    good luck.

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  3. Hi,

    I wass able to generate the custom log4j logs but still it the adminserver.logs get generated using the default jdk. How can we replace those using log4j?

    Thanks,

    Mukul

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  4. Hi,
    I followed your post to configure log4j. Somehow weblogic doesnot seem to pick up log4j.xml from the domain directory. What could be the reason?

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  5. Hello





    Following error is coming on the console for Log4 configuration Weblogic 10.3.2.0
    please repky if any solution is available

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  6. Kannan,

    Great blog, thanks.

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  7. Hi,

    Say I have 3 different applications and each application is having different .log files. These applications are generating corresponding .log files correctly in weblogic9 but this is not working in weblogic10.3

    Do you have any solutions how to fix this problem. All 3 applications are writing into one .log file. The first application which is deployed in weblogic10.3

    Thanks,
    Sharath.

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  8. Extremely badass little app. Very awesome.

    Thank you very much, Ananth.

    ~Sayan

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  9. HI, I followed your steps but i found class not found exception and exception in main class.
    plz tell me the solutions.urgently needed.

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  10. I was trying this for 10.3.3, but found out that this approach doesn't work in that version. They have provided a fix for this with the following tags placed in the weblogic.xml

    Ex: to force weblogic to use log4j instead of default jdk logging


    org.apache.log4j.*


    Just posting so that it might help some 10.3.3 folks who might have been stuck on this issue, like me for 2 days :).

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  11. sorry, the tags didn't show up...

    container-descriptor
    prefer-application-packages
    org.apace.log4j.*
    /prefer-application-packages
    /container-descriptor

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  12. Hi,
    how should the tags descriptor be ?

    I have:





    org.apace.log4j.*






    What should be wrote before "org.apace.log4j.*" ?

    Could you please post a working example of the tags that should be added ?

    Thanks,
    Sergio.

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  13. Thank you very much!
    Excellent JSP!!!

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  14. can you please let me know how can i test this once i configured log4j

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  15. I want to filter out all the SocketException which I get in the application in to a different log file. Is it possible to handle this in configuration level rather than going and making change in code. I am using Weblogic 10.3 server.

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  41. I think there is a missed step that is to configure env. variable LOG4J_CONFIG_FILE

    Regards

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  42. Configuring log4j for your Java Application for Web Logic 10.3.6.0
    Server side Configurations
    1. Copy wllog4j.jar from your WebLogic server/lib directory and place it in your domain_root/lib folder. –
    example : /u01/oracle/Oracle/Middleware/user_projects/domains/gl_domain/lib
    2. Copy your version of log4j.jar to your domain_root/lib folder.
    example : /u01/oracle/Oracle/Middleware/user_projects/domains/gl_domain/lib
    We used log4j-1.2.17.jar in the project
    3. Copy your log4j.xml to your domain_root folder. 
    4.

    5. (Linux)Edit the setDomainEnv.sh file in the domain_root/bin directory. and find the following code:


    if [ "${LOG4J_CONFIG_FILE}" != "" ] ; then
    JAVA_PROPERTIES="${JAVA_PROPERTIES} -Dlog4j.configuration=file:${LOG4J_CONFIG_FILE}"
    export JAVA_PROPERTIES
    fi

    Insert the following above those lines of code(replacing the path with the one for your system's domain_root directory:

    LOG4J_CONFIG_FILE=”/u01/app/oracle/middleware/user_projects/domains/base_domain/log4j.xml”
    Export LOG4J_CONFIG_FILE

    example : /u01/oracle/Oracle/Middleware/user_projects/domains/gl_domain/log4j.xml
    6.  Login to weblogic server console. Go to Servers ->  Admin Server-> Logging. Click on advanced mode. Change the logging implementation from JDK to Log4J. Click save. (As shown in screenshots below)






    7.  Activate changes. Re-start the admin server.











    Program level Addon

    1.  Place the log4j configuration file in server and provide that info in below mentioned way in Java program.
    PropertyConfigurator.configure("/home/SOA_LOG_CONFIG_DIR/test_log4j.properties");

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  43. Configuring log4j for your Java Application for Web Logic 10.3.6.0
    Server side Configurations
    1. Copy wllog4j.jar from your WebLogic server/lib directory and place it in your domain_root/lib folder. –
    example : /u01/oracle/Oracle/Middleware/user_projects/domains/gl_domain/lib
    2. Copy your version of log4j.jar to your domain_root/lib folder.
    example : /u01/oracle/Oracle/Middleware/user_projects/domains/gl_domain/lib
    We used log4j-1.2.17.jar in the project
    3. Copy your log4j.xml to your domain_root folder. 
    4.

    5. (Linux)Edit the setDomainEnv.sh file in the domain_root/bin directory. and find the following code:


    if [ "${LOG4J_CONFIG_FILE}" != "" ] ; then
    JAVA_PROPERTIES="${JAVA_PROPERTIES} -Dlog4j.configuration=file:${LOG4J_CONFIG_FILE}"
    export JAVA_PROPERTIES
    fi

    Insert the following above those lines of code(replacing the path with the one for your system's domain_root directory:

    LOG4J_CONFIG_FILE=”/u01/app/oracle/middleware/user_projects/domains/base_domain/log4j.xml”
    Export LOG4J_CONFIG_FILE

    example : /u01/oracle/Oracle/Middleware/user_projects/domains/gl_domain/log4j.xml
    6.  Login to weblogic server console. Go to Servers ->  Admin Server-> Logging. Click on advanced mode. Change the logging implementation from JDK to Log4J. Click save. (As shown in screenshots below)






    7.  Activate changes. Re-start the admin server.











    Program level Addon

    1.  Place the log4j configuration file in server and provide that info in below mentioned way in Java program.
    PropertyConfigurator.configure("/home/SOA_LOG_CONFIG_DIR/test_log4j.properties");

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  44. Hi Everyone,

    We did server level changes as mentioned here and after that some of the logging done locally within some web apps locally stopped working. Does this override any log4j configuration present within each web apps?

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