Default Initialization under Tomcat (5, 6)
I was able to get log4j working with syslog without too much trouble using tomcat5. Yet with tomcat6 I'm having a heck of a time trying to figure out where log4j.properties should go. tomcat5: JAVA_OPTS=$JAVA_OPTS -Dcatalina.ext.dirs=$CATALINA_HOME/shared/lib:$CATALINA_HOME/common/lib /var/lib/tomcat5/common/lib/log4j.jar /var/lib/tomcat5/common/classes/log4j.properties works great! --- tomcat6: tomcat9995 0.5 1.2 649772 24900 ?Sl 21:01 0:03 /usr/bin/java -classpath :/usr/share/tomcat6/bin/bootstrap.jar:/usr/share/tomcat6/bin/tomcat-juli.jar:/usr/bin/build-classpath: error: JVM_LIBDIR /usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.6.0 does not exist or is not a directory -Dcatalina.base=/usr/share/tomcat6 -Dcatalina.home=/usr/share/tomcat6 -Djava.endorsed.dirs= -Djava.io.tmpdir=/var/cache/tomcat6/temp -Djava.util.logging.config.file=/usr/share/tomcat6/conf/logging.properties -Djava.util.logging.manager=org.apache.juli.ClassLoaderLogManager org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap start /usr/share/tomcat6/lib/log4j.jar /usr/share/tomcat6/lib/log4j.properties (and many other locations) fails, fails... *?* Do I need a dir like /usr/share/tomcat6/common These instructions are over 8 years old so I imagine this section, in particular has changed quite a bit Default Initialization under Tomcat http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/manual.html --- And lastly, there's this snippet on the Apache website -- is all this necessary? http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/logging.html#log4j # Download Log4J (v1.2 or later) and place the log4j jar in $CATALINA_HOME/lib. # Build or download the additional logging components. See the extras components documentation for details. # Replace $CATALINA_HOME/bin/tomcat-juli.jar with output/extras/tomcat-juli.jar. # Place output/extras/tomcat-juli-adapters.jar in $CATALINA_HOME/lib. # Delete $CATALINA_BASE/conf/logging.properties to prevent java.util.logging generating zero length log files. # Start Tomcat - To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-user-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-user-h...@logging.apache.org
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Re: Default Initialization under Tomcat (5, 6)
Tomcat's catalina.properties contains...
common.loader=${catalina.home}/lib,${catalina.home}/lib/*.jar
This means that, assuming that /usr/share/tomcat6 is the path set for
${catalina.home}, the following should work fine...
/usr/share/tomcat6/lib/log4j.jar
/usr/share/tomcat6/lib/log4j.properties
That said, is you purpose application logging or server logging (or both)?
For application logging, this should be fine, though you'll share a logger
repository with all apps under Tomcat (unless you include log4j.jar in
WEB-INF/lib and log4j.properties or log4j.xml in WEB-INF/classes or you
use a logger repository selector).
For server logging, you need to following the instructions you already
referenced
http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/logging.html#log4j
Jake
On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:20:59 -0700
Kevin Kruzich kkruz...@mshift.com wrote:
I was able to get log4j working with syslog without too much trouble
using tomcat5. Yet with tomcat6 I'm having a heck of a time trying to
figure out where log4j.properties should go.
tomcat5:
JAVA_OPTS=$JAVA_OPTS
-Dcatalina.ext.dirs=$CATALINA_HOME/shared/lib:$CATALINA_HOME/common/lib
/var/lib/tomcat5/common/lib/log4j.jar
/var/lib/tomcat5/common/classes/log4j.properties
works great!
---
tomcat6:
tomcat9995 0.5 1.2 649772 24900 ?Sl 21:01 0:03
/usr/bin/java -classpath
:/usr/share/tomcat6/bin/bootstrap.jar:/usr/share/tomcat6/bin/tomcat-juli.jar:/usr/bin/build-classpath:
error: JVM_LIBDIR /usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.6.0 does not exist or is
not a directory -Dcatalina.base=/usr/share/tomcat6
-Dcatalina.home=/usr/share/tomcat6 -Djava.endorsed.dirs=
-Djava.io.tmpdir=/var/cache/tomcat6/temp
-Djava.util.logging.config.file=/usr/share/tomcat6/conf/logging.properties
-Djava.util.logging.manager=org.apache.juli.ClassLoaderLogManager
org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap start
/usr/share/tomcat6/lib/log4j.jar
/usr/share/tomcat6/lib/log4j.properties
(and many other locations)
fails, fails...
*?* Do I need a dir like /usr/share/tomcat6/common
These instructions are over 8 years old so I imagine this section, in
particular has changed quite a bit Default Initialization under Tomcat
http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/manual.html
---
And lastly, there's this snippet on the Apache website -- is all this
necessary?
http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/logging.html#log4j
# Download Log4J (v1.2 or later) and place the log4j jar in
$CATALINA_HOME/lib.
# Build or download the additional logging components. See the extras
components documentation for details.
# Replace $CATALINA_HOME/bin/tomcat-juli.jar with
output/extras/tomcat-juli.jar.
# Place output/extras/tomcat-juli-adapters.jar in $CATALINA_HOME/lib.
# Delete $CATALINA_BASE/conf/logging.properties to prevent
java.util.logging generating zero length log files.
# Start Tomcat
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Re: Default Initialization under Tomcat (5, 6)
Thanks Jake -- My /etc/tomcat6/catalina.properties:
common.loader=${catalina.base}/lib,${catalina.base}/lib/*.jar,${catalina.home}/lib,${catalina.home}/lib/*.jar
--but I'm unable to see where ${catalina.base} and ${catalina.home} are
defined. That isn't so immediately relevant though.
At this point I have no preference as to whether the logging is server
or app. I just want *something* --and I had that *something* with
tomcat5 without too much trouble. What's most important to me is that I
can see something running through syslog.
This isn't working for me:
/usr/share/tomcat6/lib/log4j.jar
/usr/share/tomcat6/lib/log4j.properties
...and I wonder if these instructions are why. If these instructions
require precise applicaton then what do these instructions mean?
http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/logging.html#log4j
# Download Log4J (v1.2 or later) and place the log4j jar in
$CATALINA_HOME/lib.
# Build or download the additional logging components. See the extras
components documentation for details.
# Replace $CATALINA_HOME/bin/tomcat-juli.jar with
output/extras/tomcat-juli.jar.
# Place output/extras/tomcat-juli-adapters.jar in $CATALINA_HOME/lib.
# Delete $CATALINA_BASE/conf/logging.properties to prevent
java.util.logging generating zero length log files.
# Start Tomcat
Jacob Kjome said the following on 7/15/10 10:40 AM:
Tomcat's catalina.properties contains...
common.loader=${catalina.home}/lib,${catalina.home}/lib/*.jar
This means that, assuming that /usr/share/tomcat6 is the path set for
${catalina.home}, the following should work fine...
/usr/share/tomcat6/lib/log4j.jar
/usr/share/tomcat6/lib/log4j.properties
That said, is you purpose application logging or server logging (or both)?
For application logging, this should be fine, though you'll share a
logger repository with all apps under Tomcat (unless you include
log4j.jar in WEB-INF/lib and log4j.properties or log4j.xml in
WEB-INF/classes or you use a logger repository selector).
For server logging, you need to following the instructions you already
referenced
http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/logging.html#log4j
Jake
On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:20:59 -0700
Kevin Kruzich kkruz...@mshift.com wrote:
I was able to get log4j working with syslog without too much trouble
using tomcat5. Yet with tomcat6 I'm having a heck of a time trying to
figure out where log4j.properties should go.
tomcat5:
JAVA_OPTS=$JAVA_OPTS
-Dcatalina.ext.dirs=$CATALINA_HOME/shared/lib:$CATALINA_HOME/common/lib
/var/lib/tomcat5/common/lib/log4j.jar
/var/lib/tomcat5/common/classes/log4j.properties
works great!
---
tomcat6:
tomcat9995 0.5 1.2 649772 24900 ?Sl 21:01 0:03
/usr/bin/java -classpath
:/usr/share/tomcat6/bin/bootstrap.jar:/usr/share/tomcat6/bin/tomcat-juli.jar:/usr/bin/build-classpath:
error: JVM_LIBDIR /usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.6.0 does not exist or is
not a directory -Dcatalina.base=/usr/share/tomcat6
-Dcatalina.home=/usr/share/tomcat6 -Djava.endorsed.dirs=
-Djava.io.tmpdir=/var/cache/tomcat6/temp
-Djava.util.logging.config.file=/usr/share/tomcat6/conf/logging.properties
-Djava.util.logging.manager=org.apache.juli.ClassLoaderLogManager
org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap start
/usr/share/tomcat6/lib/log4j.jar
/usr/share/tomcat6/lib/log4j.properties
(and many other locations)
fails, fails...
*?* Do I need a dir like /usr/share/tomcat6/common
These instructions are over 8 years old so I imagine this section, in
particular has changed quite a bit Default Initialization under Tomcat
http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/manual.html
---
And lastly, there's this snippet on the Apache website -- is all this
necessary?
http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/logging.html#log4j
# Download Log4J (v1.2 or later) and place the log4j jar in
$CATALINA_HOME/lib.
# Build or download the additional logging components. See the extras
components documentation for details.
# Replace $CATALINA_HOME/bin/tomcat-juli.jar with
output/extras/tomcat-juli.jar.
# Place output/extras/tomcat-juli-adapters.jar in $CATALINA_HOME/lib.
# Delete $CATALINA_BASE/conf/logging.properties to prevent
java.util.logging generating zero length log files.
# Start Tomcat
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Re: Default Initialization under Tomcat (5, 6)
On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:09:37 -0700
Kevin Kruzich kkruz...@mshift.com wrote:
Thanks Jake -- My /etc/tomcat6/catalina.properties:
common.loader=${catalina.base}/lib,${catalina.base}/lib/*.jar,${catalina.home}/lib,${catalina.home}/lib/*.jar
That works too
--but I'm unable to see where ${catalina.base} and ${catalina.home} are
defined. That isn't so immediately relevant though.
These can be set in your environment as the following OS system properties
CATALINA_BASE
CATALINA_HOME
The Tomcat scripts pick these up and uses them to set the following Java
system properties
catalina.base
catalina.home
The scripts will use defaults if you don't provide them. And catalina.base
will be set to the value of catalina.home if not not explicitly set to
something else.
At this point I have no preference as to whether the logging is server or
app. I just want *something* --and I had that *something* with tomcat5
without too much trouble.
But what that something is is an important question which you have yet to
answer. Do you want to see logging from your own application or from Tomcat?
What you have set up so far is sufficient for the former, but not the latter.
Keep in mind, this is *not* a Log4j question, but a Tomcat question. From
Log4j standpoint, auto-configuration is working. I will give you a bit
further advice here, but if you want more you need to re-read the introduction
of the Tomcat Logging page, not just the Log4j specific instructions and/or
contact the Tomcat user list.
What's most important to me is that I can see
something running through syslog.
syslog seems to imply you want Tomcat logging. If you read a bit more
closely, you'll understand why you see no logging from Tomcat.
Specifically
[begin quote]
By default, only java.util.logging is available for the logs generated by
the Tomcat internal loggers, as Tomcat uses a package renamed
commons
logging implementation which is hardcoded to use
java.util.logging. Use of
alternative logging frameworks requires building or downloading
the
extras
components which include a full
commons-logging implementation. Instructions for configuring the
extras
components to enable log4j to be used for Tomcat's internal
logging may be
found below.
[end quote]
This isn't working for me:
/usr/share/tomcat6/lib/log4j.jar
/usr/share/tomcat6/lib/log4j.properties
Actually, it is, from Log4j's perspective. The logger repository is getting
auto-configured using the log4j.properties you provided. That you see no
Tomcat logging is because you have not yet followed the instructions below.
...and I wonder if these instructions are why. If these instructions require
precise applicaton then what do these instructions mean?
You are going to have to be more precise about what exactly you don't
understand about these instructions. If you follow them, you will see Tomcat
logging through Log4j. I've done it and I know it works. If you find these
instructions a pain in the [you know what], I don't blame you. But the cause
of the pain has nothing to do with Log4j and everything to do with Tomcat. If
you have complaints, I encourage you to send them to the Tomcat team.
http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/logging.html#log4j
# Download Log4J (v1.2 or later) and place the log4j jar in
$CATALINA_HOME/lib.
# Build or download the additional logging components. See the extras
components documentation for details.
# Replace $CATALINA_HOME/bin/tomcat-juli.jar with
output/extras/tomcat-juli.jar.
# Place output/extras/tomcat-juli-adapters.jar in $CATALINA_HOME/lib.
# Delete $CATALINA_BASE/conf/logging.properties to prevent
java.util.logging generating zero length log files.
# Start Tomcat
Jake
Jacob Kjome said the following on 7/15/10 10:40 AM:
Tomcat's catalina.properties contains...
common.loader=${catalina.home}/lib,${catalina.home}/lib/*.jar
This means that, assuming that /usr/share/tomcat6 is the path set for
${catalina.home}, the following should work fine...
/usr/share/tomcat6/lib/log4j.jar
/usr/share/tomcat6/lib/log4j.properties
That said, is you purpose application logging or server logging (or both)?
For application logging, this should be fine, though you'll share a
logger repository with all apps under Tomcat (unless you include
log4j.jar in WEB-INF/lib and log4j.properties or log4j.xml in
WEB-INF/classes or you use a logger repository selector).
For server logging, you need to following the instructions you already
referenced
http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/logging.html#log4j
Jake
On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:20:59 -0700
Kevin Kruzich kkruz...@mshift.com wrote:
I was able to get log4j working with syslog without too much trouble
using tomcat5. Yet with tomcat6 I'm having a heck of a time trying to
figure out where log4j.properties should go.
tomcat5:
JAVA_OPTS=$JAVA_OPTS
Re: Default Initialization under Tomcat (5, 6)
You are going to have to be more precise about what exactly you don't
understand about these instructions. If you follow them, you will see
Tomcat logging through Log4j. I've done it and I know it works. If you
find these instructions a pain in the [you know what], I don't blame
you. But the cause of the pain has nothing to do with Log4j and
everything to do with Tomcat. If you have complaints, I encourage you
to send them to the Tomcat team.
This right here. Textbook case:
# Build or download the additional logging components. See the extras
components documentation for details.
(http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/extras.html)
There is no documentation here or in the resultant links that mention
anything about log4j. Also A number of additional third party
components may be used with Apache Tomcat.
may be used means I don't want to use them.
This section is absent from the 5.5 docs. Is it entirely necessary?
---
I'm understanding there are mainly 2x things necessary for log4j to
work: log4j.jar and log4j.properties. Just an hour ago I dropped both of
these into a tomcat5 install and boom, it works. tomcat6... I've moved
the files around to at least 5 different places and nothing.
Fortunately I'm prototyping on virtual machines and I can do an install
from scratch quickly. I'm doing a new tomcat6 from scratch (centos 5,
jpackage tomcat6) --so we'll see how this one goes.
This is mainly about getting central logging. Whether it's from apps,
servers, or both... I don't care right now. I just need something
feeding a file, feeding syslog.
Jacob Kjome said the following on 7/15/10 1:20 PM:
On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:09:37 -0700
Kevin Kruzich kkruz...@mshift.com wrote:
Thanks Jake -- My /etc/tomcat6/catalina.properties:
common.loader=${catalina.base}/lib,${catalina.base}/lib/*.jar,${catalina.home}/lib,${catalina.home}/lib/*.jar
That works too
--but I'm unable to see where ${catalina.base} and ${catalina.home}
are defined. That isn't so immediately relevant though.
These can be set in your environment as the following OS system
properties
CATALINA_BASE
CATALINA_HOME
The Tomcat scripts pick these up and uses them to set the following Java
system properties
catalina.base
catalina.home
The scripts will use defaults if you don't provide them. And
catalina.base will be set to the value of catalina.home if not not
explicitly set to something else.
At this point I have no preference as to whether the logging is server
or app. I just want *something* --and I had that *something* with
tomcat5 without too much trouble.
But what that something is is an important question which you have yet
to answer. Do you want to see logging from your own application or from
Tomcat? What you have set up so far is sufficient for the former, but
not the latter.
Keep in mind, this is *not* a Log4j question, but a Tomcat question.
From Log4j standpoint, auto-configuration is working. I will give you
a bit further advice here, but if you want more you need to re-read the
introduction of the Tomcat Logging page, not just the Log4j specific
instructions and/or contact the Tomcat user list.
What's most important to me is that I can see something running
through syslog.
syslog seems to imply you want Tomcat logging. If you read a bit more
closely, you'll understand why you see no logging from Tomcat.
Specifically
[begin quote]
By default, only java.util.logging is available for the logs generated by
the Tomcat internal loggers, as Tomcat uses a package renamed
commons
logging implementation which is hardcoded to use
java.util.logging. Use of
alternative logging frameworks requires building or downloading
the
extras
components which include a full
commons-logging implementation. Instructions for configuring the
extras
components to enable log4j to be used for Tomcat's internal
logging may be
found below.
[end quote]
This isn't working for me:
/usr/share/tomcat6/lib/log4j.jar
/usr/share/tomcat6/lib/log4j.properties
Actually, it is, from Log4j's perspective. The logger repository is
getting auto-configured using the log4j.properties you provided. That
you see no Tomcat logging is because you have not yet followed the
instructions below.
...and I wonder if these instructions are why. If these instructions
require precise applicaton then what do these instructions mean?
You are going to have to be more precise about what exactly you don't
understand about these instructions. If you follow them, you will see
Tomcat logging through Log4j. I've done it and I know it works. If you
find these instructions a pain in the [you know what], I don't blame
you. But the cause of the pain has nothing to do with Log4j and
everything to do with Tomcat. If you have complaints, I encourage you
to send them to the Tomcat team.
