Re: Multiple applications using GetLogger with same name
Hi Ralph, On Tue, 1 Aug 2023 at 20:58, Ralph Goers wrote: > 2. Partition your application so that the main application and each batch job > use their own ClassLoader. The ClassLoaderContextSelector (the default) will > then create a LoggerContext for each ClassLoader and each can have its own > configuration. This is not so easy with the current ClassLoaderContextSelector: if the parent classloader already has a logger context and the context selector was called with `configLocation=null` (which is almost always the case), the ClassLoaderContextSelector returns the logger context of the parent classloader. Piotr - To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-user-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-user-h...@logging.apache.org
Re: Multiple applications using GetLogger with same name
Hi Danish, On Tue, 1 Aug 2023 at 20:10, Danish Arif wrote: > My use case is that my application uses the above mentioned method to get > logger and log. Appender and Logger have been set in log4j2.xml file. We > stop the Logger by getting all core appenders , removing them , then > stopping them and then using the LogManager.shutdown() method. There is no need for that, because: 1. LogManager.shutdown() stops all appenders, 2. Usually the `log4j2.shutdownHookEnabled` property is set to true, so LogManager.shutdown() is called by a shutdown hook. > The issue or anomaly arises when an update batch script starts the new > instance of the same application and the old instance takes some time to > exit, resulting in new instance getting the same logger using > LogManager.getLogger("AppName"); and writing in the same log file. > > Once the 1st/old instance exists after a few seconds, it closes all the > logging and nothing on the file gets written even when the 2nd/new instance > is still up and running. If these instances are in different JVM's, this is strange: can you add the configuration of your file appender? If you are using a `RollingFileAppender`, it can rotate your file and delete the old ones. If these instances are in the same JVM, you might be up to something: apparently `stop()` is not idempotent and if you call it enough times, you can effectively stop appenders in other logger contexts. Piotr - To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-user-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-user-h...@logging.apache.org
Re: Multiple applications using GetLogger with same name
I answered this same question on the dev list a week ago since you apparently cross posted to both. Here it is again. Your issue is related to you starting and stopping the LoggerContext while your application is in an unknown state. I can think of a few ways to deal with this. 1. Never shutdown the LoggerContext and only use RoutingAppenders. Each application should set its own key for the Route so that each uses their own Appenders. During shutdown of the application only shutdown the Appenders that apply to the applications Route. 2. Partition your application so that the main application and each batch job use their own ClassLoader. The ClassLoaderContextSelector (the default) will then create a LoggerContext for each ClassLoader and each can have its own configuration. 3. Use the JndiContextSelector and have each application and batch job use a unique JNDI name. This will allow each to have its own LoggerContext. However, if any of the classes use static Loggers and those classes are in a ClassLoader shared by the application and batch jobs then those Loggers will be tied to the LoggerContext used when they Loggers were first obtained. So this solution may not completely work for you. Ralph > On Aug 1, 2023, at 11:09 AM, Danish Arif wrote: > > Hi Log4j2 Team, > > My query is related to log4j2 working and uses of > LogManager.getLogger(String name); method. > > My use case is that my application uses the above mentioned method to get > logger and log. Appender and Logger have been set in log4j2.xml file. We > stop the Logger by getting all core appenders , removing them , then > stopping them and then using the LogManager.shutdown() method. > > The issue or anomaly arises when an update batch script starts the new > instance of the same application and the old instance takes some time to > exit, resulting in new instance getting the same logger using > LogManager.getLogger("AppName"); and writing in the same log file. > > Once the 1st/old instance exists after a few seconds, it closes all the > logging and nothing on the file gets written even when the 2nd/new instance > is still up and running. > > Above mentioned scenario's work around is if we don't remove/stop all > appenders and don't use shutdown() method, but is there any more > graceful handling which can be done? > > The second question to this issue Is there any solution if multiple > instances of the same application which are agnostic to each other's > existence, use GetLogger("SameName"); and log into files with names in > incremental id appended dynamically. For Example App Inst1 when gets > logger, log into MyLogFile1 and when Inst2 initiates it logs into > MyLogFile2. > > Kindly advise what can be done to handle this type of scenario when there > is no communication between the instances and are totally independent and > agnostic of each other. > > > > Regards, > Danish Arif - To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-user-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-user-h...@logging.apache.org
Re: Multiple applications using GetLogger with same name
On 8/1/23 14:09, Danish Arif wrote: The second question to this issue Is there any solution if multiple instances of the same application which are agnostic to each other's existence, use GetLogger("SameName"); and log into files with names in incremental id appended dynamically. For Example App Inst1 when gets logger, log into MyLogFile1 and when Inst2 initiates it logs into MyLogFile2. This might be relevant: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25754933/log4j2-include-pid - To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-user-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-user-h...@logging.apache.org
Multiple applications using GetLogger with same name
Hi Log4j2 Team, My query is related to log4j2 working and uses of LogManager.getLogger(String name); method. My use case is that my application uses the above mentioned method to get logger and log. Appender and Logger have been set in log4j2.xml file. We stop the Logger by getting all core appenders , removing them , then stopping them and then using the LogManager.shutdown() method. The issue or anomaly arises when an update batch script starts the new instance of the same application and the old instance takes some time to exit, resulting in new instance getting the same logger using LogManager.getLogger("AppName"); and writing in the same log file. Once the 1st/old instance exists after a few seconds, it closes all the logging and nothing on the file gets written even when the 2nd/new instance is still up and running. Above mentioned scenario's work around is if we don't remove/stop all appenders and don't use shutdown() method, but is there any more graceful handling which can be done? The second question to this issue Is there any solution if multiple instances of the same application which are agnostic to each other's existence, use GetLogger("SameName"); and log into files with names in incremental id appended dynamically. For Example App Inst1 when gets logger, log into MyLogFile1 and when Inst2 initiates it logs into MyLogFile2. Kindly advise what can be done to handle this type of scenario when there is no communication between the instances and are totally independent and agnostic of each other. Regards, Danish Arif