logback not creating file

Question

Not sure what I am doing wrong here but my logging seems off. I am using

slf1.7.2 logback 1.0.9

Here is my config file:

<configuration debug="true">
    <contextName>myProduct</contextName>
    <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
        <encoder class="ch.qos.logback.classic.encoder.PatternLayoutEncoder">
            <pattern>%msg%n</pattern>
        </encoder>
    </appender>
    <appender name="ROLLINGFILE"
        class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
        <file>../logs/myproduct.log</file>
        <append>true</append>
        <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.TimeBasedRollingPolicy">
            <fileNamePattern>../logs/myproduct-%d{yyyy-DD}.%i.zip
            </fileNamePattern>
            <maxHistory>10</maxHistory>
            <timeBasedFileNamingAndTriggeringPolicy
                class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeAndTimeBasedFNATP">
                <maxFileSize>100MB</maxFileSize>

            </timeBasedFileNamingAndTriggeringPolicy>
        </rollingPolicy>
        <encoder>
            <pattern>%date{HH:mm:ss.SSS} %-5level %logger{40} [%file:%line] -
                %msg%n</pattern>
        </encoder>
    </appender>
    <root>
        <appender-ref ref="ROLLINGFILE" />
    </root>
    <logger name="org.hibernate" level="error">
        <appender-ref ref="ROLLINGFILE" />
    </logger>
    <logger name="org.springframework" level="error">
        <appender-ref ref="ROLLINGFILE" />
    </logger>
    <logger name="com.edelweissco" level="error">
        <appender-ref ref="ROLLINGFILE" />
        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
    </logger>
</configuration>

but when I deploy my application the logging is in the console even though I set the spring and hibernate to ERROR, the console is filled with their logging statements. My log file is not being created on the file system in any location, but I don't get an error.

Here is the console output when I start up:

21:28:34,276 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Could NOT find resource [logback.groovy]
21:28:34,276 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Found resource [logback-test.xml] at [file:/Library/Tomcat/apache-tomcat-7.0.27/webapps/myapplication/WEB-INF/classes/logback-test.xml]
21:28:34,340 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.joran.action.ContextNameAction - Setting logger context name as [myProduct]
21:28:34,341 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.AppenderAction - About to instantiate appender of type [ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender]
21:28:34,346 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.AppenderAction - Naming appender as [STDOUT]
21:28:34,406 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.AppenderAction - About to instantiate appender of type [ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender]
21:28:34,412 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.AppenderAction - Naming appender as [ROLLINGFILE]
21:28:34,450 |-INFO in c.q.l.core.rolling.TimeBasedRollingPolicy - Will use zip compression
21:28:34,454 |-INFO in c.q.l.core.rolling.TimeBasedRollingPolicy - Will use the pattern ../logs/myproduct-%d{yyyy-DD}.%i for the active file
21:28:34,460 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeAndTimeBasedFNATP@38a3c5b6 - The date pattern is 'yyyy-DD' from file name pattern '../logs/myproduct-%d{yyyy-DD}.%i.zip'.
21:28:34,460 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeAndTimeBasedFNATP@38a3c5b6 - Roll-over at midnight.
21:28:34,460 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeAndTimeBasedFNATP@38a3c5b6 - Setting initial period to Thu Jan 10 20:42:21 MST 2013
21:28:34,464 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.NestedComplexPropertyIA - Assuming default type [ch.qos.logback.classic.encoder.PatternLayoutEncoder] for [encoder] property
21:28:34,469 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender[ROLLINGFILE] - Active log file name: ../logs/myproduct.log
21:28:34,469 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender[ROLLINGFILE] - File property is set to [../logs/myproduct.log]
21:28:34,471 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.AppenderRefAction - Attaching appender named [ROLLINGFILE] to Logger[ROOT]
21:28:34,473 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.joran.action.LoggerAction - Setting level of logger [org.hibernate] to ERROR
21:28:34,474 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.AppenderRefAction - Attaching appender named [ROLLINGFILE] to Logger[org.hibernate]
21:28:34,474 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.joran.action.LoggerAction - Setting level of logger [org.springframework] to ERROR
21:28:34,474 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.AppenderRefAction - Attaching appender named [ROLLINGFILE] to Logger[org.springframework]
21:28:34,474 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.joran.action.LoggerAction - Setting level of logger [com.edelweissco] to ERROR
21:28:34,474 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.AppenderRefAction - Attaching appender named [ROLLINGFILE] to Logger[com.edelweissco]
21:28:34,474 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.AppenderRefAction - Attaching appender named [STDOUT] to Logger[com.edelweissco]
21:28:34,475 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.joran.action.ConfigurationAction - End of configuration.
21:28:34,477 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.joran.JoranConfigurator@6f92c766 - Registering current configuration as safe fallback point
Jan 12, 2013 9:28:34 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: Initializing Spring root WebApplicationContext

No errors in the output, but the logging doesn't seem like its using the config file right.

Chances are the user running the java process is not allowed to write in the log folder. Did you check it out ? — Francois

user2230867 user2230867 · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-25T18:26:05

If you are using jboss5.1 and having the same problem, the add the following in your jboss-web.xml.

<class-loading>
    <loader-repository>
        com.hp:classloader=logback-slf4j
        <loader-repository-config>java2ParentDelegation=false</loader-repository-config>
    </loader-repository>
</class-loading>

This should solve your issue.

logback not creating file

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