Hi James, Thanks for your reply.
James Stauffer wrote: > > You only showed your appender config. Are you use the messages are > getting to the appender. > Here is my complete log4j.xml configuration file: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd"> <log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/";> <appender name="SYSLOG" class="org.apache.log4j.net.SyslogAppender"> <param name="SyslogHost" value="localhost"/> <param name="Facility" value="USER"/> <param name="FacilityPrinting" value="true"/> <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout"> <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%p: %c - %m"/> </layout> </appender> <appender name="STDOUT" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender"> <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout"> <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d [%t] %-5p %c %x - %m%n"/> </layout> </appender> <appender name="LOGFILE" class="org.apache.log4j.FileAppender"> <param name="File" value="/tmp/log4j.log" /> <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout"> <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d [%t] %-5p %c %x - %m%n"/> </layout> </appender> <root> <level value="debug"/> <appender-ref ref="STDOUT"/> <appender-ref ref="LOGFILE"/> <appender-ref ref="SYSLOG"/> </root> </log4j:configuration> I am getting messages to the console and also in the log file, so I am assuming that the log4j config is working and therefore something on the syslog-ng side isn't configured as it should be. James Stauffer wrote: > > If you run with -Dlog4j.debug it might give you helpful info. > Thanks for the debug tip, I was completely unaware of that one. This is the console output when running with the debug flag set. As you can see at the end my log4j messages are output: log4j: Trying to find [log4j.xml] using context classloader [EMAIL PROTECTED] log4j: Using URL [file:/cc.project/log4j/target/classes/log4j.xml] for automatic log4j configuration. log4j: Preferred configurator class: org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator log4j: System property is :null log4j: Standard DocumentBuilderFactory search succeded. log4j: DocumentBuilderFactory is: org.apache.crimson.jaxp.DocumentBuilderFactoryImpl log4j: debug attribute= "null". log4j: Ignoring debug attribute. log4j: Threshold ="null". log4j: Level value for root is [debug]. log4j: root level set to DEBUG log4j: Class name: [org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender] log4j: Parsing layout of class: "org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout" log4j: Setting property [conversionPattern] to [%d [%t] %-5p %c %x - %m%n]. log4j: Adding appender named [STDOUT] to category [root]. log4j: Class name: [org.apache.log4j.FileAppender] log4j: Setting property [file] to [/tmp/log4j-syslog.log]. log4j: Parsing layout of class: "org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout" log4j: Setting property [conversionPattern] to [%d [%t] %-5p %c %x - %m%n]. log4j: setFile called: /tmp/log4j-syslog.log, true log4j: setFile ended log4j: Adding appender named [LOGFILE] to category [root]. log4j: Class name: [org.apache.log4j.net.SyslogAppender] log4j: Setting property [syslogHost] to [localhost]. log4j: Setting property [facility] to [USER]. log4j: Setting property [facilityPrinting] to [true]. log4j: Parsing layout of class: "org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout" log4j: Setting property [conversionPattern] to [%p: %c - %m]. log4j: Adding appender named [SYSLOG] to category [root]. 2006-08-14 17:18:04,574 [main] DEBUG ch.cablecom.log4j.LogStuff - Hello world! 2006-08-14 17:18:04,577 [main] INFO ch.cablecom.log4j.LogStuff - Hello world! 2006-08-14 17:18:04,578 [main] WARN ch.cablecom.log4j.LogStuff - Hello world! 2006-08-14 17:18:04,578 [main] ERROR ch.cablecom.log4j.LogStuff - Hello world! 2006-08-14 17:18:04,578 [main] FATAL ch.cablecom.log4j.LogStuff - Hello world! James Stauffer wrote: > > On 8/14/06, theMonkyBoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> sorry for this post, but I've been searching for a couple of days now and >> found nothing to help me get started via google! >> >> In our environment we currently have a cluster of J2EE servers, where >> each >> member writes to their own log file. Now we would like to also write to >> one >> consolidated log file. So it has been envisaged that each cluster member >> writes to their own syslog-ng deamon, who then in turn forwards messages >> on >> to a central logging server. >> >> I have a couple of problems here. Reading through the posts I have seen >> people are using the SyslogAppender to get log4j to write to the >> syslog-nd >> deamon. I have tried two configurations for this. >> >> >> <appender name="SYSLOG" class="org.apache.log4j.net.SyslogAppender"> >> <param name="SyslogHost" value="127.0.0.1"/> >> <param name="Facility" value="USER"/> >> <param name="FacilityPrinting" value="true"/> >> <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout"> >> <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%p: %c - %m"/> >> </layout> >> </appender> >> >> and: >> >> log4j.appender.SYSLOG=org.apache.log4j.net.SyslogAppender >> log4j.appender.SYSLOG.syslogHost=127.0.0.1 >> log4j.appender.SYSLOG.Facility=USER >> log4j.appender.SYSLOG.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout >> log4j.appender.SYSLOG.layout.ConversionPattern=%p: %c - %m >> >> >> I then try to use a very simple program to print to this appender: >> >> >> package com.foo.bar; >> >> import org.apache.log4j.Logger; >> >> public class LogStuff >> { >> Logger log = Logger.getLogger( LogStuff.class ); >> >> public static void main(String [] argv) >> { >> new LogStuff().doIt(); >> } >> >> private void doIt() >> { >> log.debug( "Hello world!" ); >> log.info( "Hello world!" ); >> log.warn( "Hello world!" ); >> log.error( "Hello world!" ); >> log.fatal( "Hello world!" ); >> } >> } >> >> >> When I then check the syslog-ng files I find nothing in there. So I guess >> there is some configuration to do on that side. >> >> So I started to hack the syslog-ng.conf file. >> >> source s_j2ee { unix-stream("/dev/log"); internal(); }; >> destination d_j2ee { file("/var/log/j2ee.log"); }; >> log { source(s_j2ee); destination(d_j2ee); }; >> >> As some of the internal syslog-ng messages are arriving in my log file I >> assume that some of this configuration is correct. However, as no java >> messages are being received I assume that I've not set up the source >> correctly. >> >> Through all my searched I was unable to find the source that log4j will >> use. >> Can someone point me in the right direction? >> >> Are there any good resources available that I can read? >> >> Thanks in advance for your help >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/Newbie--log4j-and-syslog-ng-setup-tf2103256.html#a5796385 >> Sent from the Log4j - Users forum at Nabble.com. >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > > -- > James Stauffer > Are you good? 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