On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 19:15, Mark Miller <markrmil...@gmail.com> wrote: > Mat Brown wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Wondering if anyone can point me at a simple way to specify basic >> logging options (log level, log file location) when starting the Solr >> example jar from the command line. >> >> As a bit of background, I maintain a Ruby library for Solr called >> Sunspot that ships with a Solr installation for ease of use. Sunspot >> includes a script for starting Solr with various options, including >> logging options. With Solr 1.3, I was able to write out a >> logging.properties file and then set the system property >> java.util.logging.config.file via the command line; this no longer >> seems to work with Solr 1.4. >> >> I understand that Solr 1.4 has moved to SLF4J, but I haven't been able >> to find a readily available answer to the above question in the SLF4J >> or Solr logging documentation. To be honest, I've always found logging >> in Java rather mystifying. >> >> Any help much appreciated! >> Mat >> > By default, even though Solr uses SLF4J, it will actually use the Java > Util logging Impl: > > http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrLogging > > So you just specify a util logging properties file on the sommand line with: > > -Djava.util.logging.config.file=myLoggingConfigFilePath > > An example being: > > handlers=java.util.logging.FileHandler, java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler > > # Default global logging level. > # Loggers and Handlers may override this level > .level=INFO > > java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.level=INFO > java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.formatter=java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter > > > # --- FileHandler --- > # Override of global logging level > java.util.logging.FileHandler.level=ALL > > # Naming style for the output file: > # (The output file is placed in the directory > # defined by the "user.home" System property.) > java.util.logging.FileHandler.pattern=%h/java%u.log > > # Limiting size of output file in bytes: > java.util.logging.FileHandler.limit=50000 > > # Number of output files to cycle through, by appending an > # integer to the base file name: > java.util.logging.FileHandler.count=1 > > # Style of output (Simple or XML): > java.util.logging.FileHandler.formatter=java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter > > > -- > - Mark > > http://www.lucidimagination.com > > > > Hey Mark,
Thanks very much for this - using the java.util.logging properties does indeed work just fine. Cheers, Mat
