Hi, I'm running solr v6.6.5 using a pretty generic log4j properties file:
# Default Solr log4j config # rootLogger log level may be programmatically overridden by -Dsolr.log.level solr.log=${solr.log.dir} log4j.rootLogger=INFO, file, CONSOLE # Console appender will be programmatically disabled when Solr is started with option -Dsolr.log.muteconsole log4j.appender.CONSOLE=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender log4j.appender.CONSOLE.layout=org.apache.log4j.EnhancedPatternLayout log4j.appender.CONSOLE.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS} %-5p (%t) [%X{collection} %X{shard} %X{replica} %X{core}] %c{1.} %m%n #- size rotation with log cleanup. log4j.appender.file=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender log4j.appender.file.MaxFileSize=4MB log4j.appender.file.MaxBackupIndex=9 #- File to log to and log format log4j.appender.file.File=${solr.log}/solr.log log4j.appender.file.layout=org.apache.log4j.EnhancedPatternLayout #log4j.appender.file.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS/zzz } %-5p (%t) [%X{collection} %X{shard} %X{replica} %X{core}] %c{1.} %m%n log4j.appender.file.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss}{America/New_York} %-5p (%t) [%X{collection} %X{shard} %X{replica} %X{core}] %c{1.} %m%n # Adjust logging levels that should differ from root logger log4j.logger.org.apache.zookeeper=WARN log4j.logger.org.apache.hadoop=WARN log4j.logger.org.eclipse.jetty=WARN log4j.logger.org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server=INFO log4j.logger.org.eclipse.jetty.server.ServerConnector=INFO # set to INFO to enable infostream log messages log4j.logger.org.apache.solr.update.LoggingInfoStream=OFF This is working. It would be nice if there was a way to log the client's http header? We eventually want to use this as an element in our log analysis software. Other elements in the http request would be helpful too if that's possible. From reading I see there is a way to write to more than one log, I've tried it, along with trying to and it isn't working. From reading it seems like I should be able to log a lot of information with log4j. I get the impression the Solr implementation might be a 'lighter' version tailored specifically for debugging and monitoring, not sure if that's true. Here is my latest log4j.properties that isn't working for reference: # Default Solr log4j config # rootLogger log level may be programmatically overridden by -Dsolr.log.level solr.log=${solr.log.dir} log4j.rootLogger=INFO, file, CONSOLE # Console appender will be programmatically disabled when Solr is started with option -Dsolr.log.muteconsole log4j.appender.CONSOLE=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender log4j.appender.CONSOLE.layout=org.apache.log4j.EnhancedPatternLayout log4j.appender.CONSOLE.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS} %-5p (%t) [%X{collection} %X{shard} %X{replica} %X{core}] %c{1.} %m%n #- size rotation with log cleanup. log4j.appender.file=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender log4j.appender.file.MaxFileSize=4MB log4j.appender.file.MaxBackupIndex=9 #- File to log to and log format log4j.appender.file.File=${solr.log}/solr.log log4j.appender.file.layout=org.apache.log4j.EnhancedPatternLayout log4j.appender.file.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS} %-5p (%t) [%X{collection} %X{shard} %X{replica} %X{core}] %c{1.} %m%n #----- #- Logger for HTTP requests log4j.logger.httplog=INFO, httplog #- size rotation with log cleanup. log4j.appender.httplog=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender log4j.appender.httplog.MaxFileSize=4MB log4j.appender.httplog.MaxBackupIndex=9 #- File to log to and log format log4j.appender.httplog.File=${solr.log}/solr_http.log log4j.appender.httplog.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout #log4j.appender.httplog.layout.ConversionPattern=%-5p - %d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS}; %C; %m\n log4j.appender.httplog.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS} %-5p (%t) [%X{collection} %X{shard} %X{replica} %X{core}] %c{1.} %m%n #----- # Adjust logging levels that should differ from root logger #log4j.logger.org.apache.zookeeper=WARN #log4j.logger.org.apache.hadoop=WARN log4j.logger.org.eclipse.jetty=WARN log4j.logger.org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server=INFO log4j.logger.org.eclipse.jetty.server.ServerConnector=INFO log4j.logger.org.apache.solr.core.SolrCore.Request=DEBUG log4j.logger.org.apache.solr.search=DEBUG # set to INFO to enable infostream log messages log4j.logger.org.apache.solr.update.LoggingInfoStream=OFF Thank you for any assistance.