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Grzegorz Grzybek commented on KARAF-5116: ----------------------------------------- Log4j levels may be used as well. And it's actually recommended (and described in manual) to use them, because the same property is referenced for log4j2 configuration in {{etc/org.ops4j.pax.logging.cfg}}: {noformat} log4j2.rootLogger.appenderRef.Console.filter.threshold.type = ThresholdFilter log4j2.rootLogger.appenderRef.Console.filter.threshold.level = ${karaf.log.console:-OFF} {noformat} > 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 > Fix For: 4.2.0, 4.1.2 > > > 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)