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Grzegorz Grzybek commented on KARAF-5116: ----------------------------------------- {{java.util.logging.Level}} uses: * SEVERE (highest value) * WARNING * INFO * CONFIG * FINE * FINER * FINEST (lowest value) {{BootstrapLogManager}} is only temporary JUL logging facility to be used before starting fully-fledged pax-logging-\[service|logback|log4j2]. If you want to have proper pax-logging configuration under pax-exam, please see how it's done with pax-web: * log4j2.properties: https://github.com/ops4j/org.ops4j.pax.web/blob/web-6.0.5/pax-web-itest/pax-web-itest-base/src/main/resources/log4j2.properties which is ... * referenced from pax-logging.properties: https://github.com/ops4j/org.ops4j.pax.web/blob/web-6.0.5/pax-web-itest/pax-web-itest-container/pax-web-itest-container-jetty/src/test/resources/pax-logging.properties, which is ... * referenced from system property [set here|https://github.com/ops4j/org.ops4j.pax.web/blob/web-6.0.5/pax-web-itest/pax-web-itest-base/src/main/java/org/ops4j/pax/web/itest/base/AbstractControlledTestBase.java#L113] using: {code:xml} systemProperty("org.ops4j.pax.logging.property.file").value("src/test/resources/pax-logging.properties"), {code} * {{org.ops4j.pax.logging.property.file}} property is read by pax-logging-log4j2 in {{org.ops4j.pax.logging.log4j2.internal.Activator#start()}} I'll just update documentation > Defining karaf.log.console as a log4j2 log level causes exceptions > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Key: KARAF-5116 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KARAF-5116 > Project: Karaf > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 4.1.1 > Reporter: Jamie Kemp > Assignee: Grzegorz Grzybek > Priority: Minor > > Running karaf 4.1.1, defining karaf.log.console as DEBUG to switch on the > console appender (to get to logging when running under pax-exam) results in > the following exceptions: > {code} > java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Bad level "DEBUG" > at java.util.logging.Level.parse(Level.java:482) > at > org.apache.karaf.main.util.BootstrapLogManager.getDefaultHandlersInternal(BootstrapLogManager.java:109) > at > org.apache.karaf.main.util.BootstrapLogManager.getDefaultHandlers(BootstrapLogManager.java:70) > at > org.apache.karaf.main.util.BootstrapLogManager.configureLogger(BootstrapLogManager.java:75) > at org.apache.karaf.main.Main.launch(Main.java:244) > at org.apache.karaf.main.Main.main(Main.java:178) > java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Bad level "DEBUG" > at java.util.logging.Level.parse(Level.java:482) > at > org.apache.karaf.main.util.BootstrapLogManager.getDefaultHandlersInternal(BootstrapLogManager.java:109) > at > org.apache.karaf.main.util.BootstrapLogManager.getDefaultHandlers(BootstrapLogManager.java:70) > at > org.apache.karaf.main.util.BootstrapLogManager.configureLogger(BootstrapLogManager.java:75) > at > org.apache.karaf.main.KarafActivatorManager.<init>(KarafActivatorManager.java:49) > at org.apache.karaf.main.Main.launch(Main.java:280) > at org.apache.karaf.main.Main.main(Main.java:178) > java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Bad level "DEBUG" > at java.util.logging.Level.parse(Level.java:482) > at > org.apache.karaf.main.util.BootstrapLogManager.getDefaultHandlersInternal(BootstrapLogManager.java:109) > at > org.apache.karaf.main.util.BootstrapLogManager.getDefaultHandlers(BootstrapLogManager.java:70) > at > org.apache.karaf.main.util.BootstrapLogManager.configureLogger(BootstrapLogManager.java:75) > at > org.apache.karaf.main.lock.SimpleFileLock.<init>(SimpleFileLock.java:40) > at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native > Method) > at > sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62) > at > sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45) > at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:422) > at org.apache.karaf.main.Main.createLock(Main.java:476) > at org.apache.karaf.main.Main.doMonitor(Main.java:378) > at org.apache.karaf.main.Main.access$100(Main.java:75) > at org.apache.karaf.main.Main$3.run(Main.java:369) > {code} > Looks like BootstrapLogManager attempts to use java.util.logging levels which > DEBUG is not one of them. This however does result in valid logging out via > log4j2 to the console appender. > Using a valid java.util.logger level (tried FINE during testing) results in > logging to the console from 'SimpleFileLock' but nothing from log4j2. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.14#64029)