This is just a warning.
Fixing
This occurs when the default configuration files log4j.properties
and log4j.xml
can not be found and the application performs no explicit configuration.
To fix that, simply create/copy log4j.properties
or log4j.xml
into your a location on the classpath (usually the same as the jar files).
Optionally set java option: -Dlog4j.configuration=file:///path/to/log4j.properties
.
log4j
uses Thread.getContextClassLoader().getResource()
to locate the default configuration files and does not directly check the file system. Knowing the appropriate location to place log4j.properties
or log4j.xml
requires understanding the search strategy of the class loader in use. log4j
does not provide a default configuration since output to the console or to the file system may be prohibited in some environments.
Debugging
For debugging, you may try to use -Dlog4j.debug=true
parameter.
Configuration of log4j.properties
Sample configuration of log4j.properties
:
# Set root logger level to DEBUG and its only appender to A1.
log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG, A1
# A1 is set to be a ConsoleAppender.
log4j.appender.A1=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
# A1 uses PatternLayout.
log4j.appender.A1.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.A1.layout.ConversionPattern=%-4r [%t] %-5p %c %x - %m%n
# Print only messages of level WARN or above in the package com.foo.
log4j.logger.com.foo=WARN
Here is another configuration file that uses multiple appenders:
log4j.rootLogger=debug, stdout, R
log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
# Pattern to output the caller's file name and line number.
log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%5p [%t] (%F:%L) - %m%n
log4j.appender.R=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
log4j.appender.R.File=example.log
log4j.appender.R.MaxFileSize=100KB
# Keep one backup file
log4j.appender.R.MaxBackupIndex=1
log4j.appender.R.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.R.layout.ConversionPattern=%p %t %c - %m%n
Apache Solr
If using Solr, copy <solr>/example/resources/log4j.properties
into a location on the classpath.
Sample configuration of log4j.properties
from Solr goes like:
# Logging level
solr.log=logs/
log4j.rootLogger=INFO, file, CONSOLE
log4j.appender.CONSOLE=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
log4j.appender.CONSOLE.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.CONSOLE.layout.ConversionPattern=%-4r [%t] %-5p %c %x \u2013 %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.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.file.layout.ConversionPattern=%-5p - %d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS}; %C; %m\n
log4j.logger.org.apache.zookeeper=WARN
log4j.logger.org.apache.hadoop=WARN
# set to INFO to enable infostream log messages
log4j.logger.org.apache.solr.update.LoggingInfoStream=OFF
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