Hi,
I am developing a logging framework using Log4j. I am not able to figure out how to maintain separate log files for different environment, i.e., development, testing, staging and production.
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A:
Firstly you'll need a different copy of your log4j.xml for each environment.
Lets call it log4j-dev.xml, log4j-test.xml, log4j-stage.xml and log4j-prod.xml each having their own settings like log file name and log levels.
You then pass in the corresponding file at the the server startup as a system property like below -
-Dlog4j.configuration=log4j-dev.xml
This URL has the example on how to pass this for Tomcat. The concept is the same for whichever server you are deploying on.
JoseK
2010-06-29 09:06:54