How can I configure Logback to log different levels for a logger to different destinations?

Question

For example, given the following Logback configuration, will Logback record INFO messages to STDOUT and ERROR messages to STDERR?

(Note that this example is a variation of example logback-examples/src/main/java/chapters/configuration/sample4.xml shown in Chapter 3: Logback Configuration).

<configuration>
  <appender name="STDOUT"
   class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
   <encoder>
     <pattern>
        %d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n
      </pattern>
    </encoder>
  </appender>
  <appender name="STDERR"
   class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
   <encoder>
     <pattern>
        %d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n
      </pattern>
    </encoder>
    <target>System.err</target>
  </appender>
  <!-- What is the effective level of "chapters.configuration"? -->
  <logger name="chapters.configuration" level="INFO" additivity="false">
    <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
  </logger>
  <logger name="chapters.configuration" level="ERROR" additivity="false">
    <appender-ref ref="STDERR" />
  </logger>

  <!-- turn OFF all logging (children can override) -->
  <root level="OFF">
    <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
  </root>
</configuration>

in a pop quiz i would say - the higher one :) , but seriously, what does your console/stdout say if you log on both levels? — kostja, Apr 13 '11 at 17:23
On second thought, I think the question that I'm more interested in answering is, "How can I log different levels for a logger to different destinations"? — Derek Mahar, Apr 13 '11 at 17:45
You might like the [filter](http://stackoverflow.com/q/24141208/581205) I've created. — maaartinus, Jun 14 '14 at 19:22
@kostja It's the right answer. `levels are ordered as follows: TRACE < DEBUG < INFO < WARN < ERROR.` — Alex78191, Jan 16 '20 at 16:19

score 95 · Answer 1 · edited May 13 '19 at 20:56

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I believe this would be the simplest solution:

<configuration>
    <contextName>selenium-plugin</contextName>
    <!-- Logging configuration -->  
    <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
        <Target>System.out</Target>
        <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.LevelFilter">
            <level>INFO</level>
            <onMatch>ACCEPT</onMatch>
            <onMismatch>DENY</onMismatch>
        </filter>
        <encoder>
            <pattern>[%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS}] [%level] %msg%n</pattern>
        </encoder>
    </appender>
    <appender name="STDERR" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
            <Target>System.err</Target>
        <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.LevelFilter">
            <level>ERROR</level>
            <onMatch>ACCEPT</onMatch>
            <onMismatch>DENY</onMismatch>
        </filter>
        <encoder> 
            <pattern>[%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS}] [%level] [%thread] %logger{10} [%file:%line] %msg%n</pattern> 
        </encoder> 
    </appender>
    <root level="INFO">
        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT"/>
        <appender-ref ref="STDERR" />
    </root>
</configuration>

edited May 13 '19 at 20:56

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You want to use `ThresholdFilter`s instead. – Martin Schröder Sep 30 '13 at 11:39
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yeah, that one only does info level when you want info, debug and trace to be logged to stdout but instead are ignored, right? – Dean Hiller Feb 24 '15 at 20:36
This eats debug and trace? – Stefan Mar 18 '15 at 12:51
@MartinSchröder Given the use of `` what's the actual role of specifying ` ` in logback.xml? – neurozen Jul 09 '15 at 09:17
why dates are not printing using this logback.xml? I see only time is printing. How to fix it? – PAA Nov 17 '15 at 12:13
Just what I needed, each appender is used for it's own log level! Also tried with 3 different appenders and 3 different log levels, and it works as expected. – hipokito Jan 08 '18 at 19:16
When I add this I get a lot of internal logback.classic logs such as `00:38:15,527 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.AppenderAction - Naming appender as [STDOUT]`. Removing the `` removes the logs so this is definitely the cause. This seems to only happen when i use the `ConsoleAppender` since it doesn't add the logs to my `FileAppender`. – Charanor Apr 01 '18 at 22:40
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Figured it out - `` and `` are not defined for `ThresholdFilter`. Simply remove them and it will work as intended. – Charanor Apr 01 '18 at 22:47

score 71 · Accepted Answer · edited May 13 '19 at 20:56

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Update: For an all configuration based approach using Groovy see Dean Hiller's answer.

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You can do some interesting things with Logback filters. The below configuration will only print warn and error messages to stderr, and everything else to stdout.

logback.xml

<appender name="stdout" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
  <target>System.out</target>
  <filter class="com.foo.StdOutFilter" />
   ...
</appender>

<appender name="stderr" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
  <target>System.err</target>
  <filter class="com.foo.ErrOutFilter" />
   ...
</appender>

<logger name="mylogger" level="debug">
    <appender-ref ref="stdout" />
    <appender-ref ref="stderr" />
</logger>

com.foo.StdOutFilter

public class StdOutFilter extends ch.qos.logback.core.filter.AbstractMatcherFilter
{

    @Override
    public FilterReply decide(Object event)
    {
        if (!isStarted())
        {
            return FilterReply.NEUTRAL;
        }

        LoggingEvent loggingEvent = (LoggingEvent) event;

        List<Level> eventsToKeep = Arrays.asList(Level.TRACE, Level.DEBUG, Level.INFO);
        if (eventsToKeep.contains(loggingEvent.getLevel()))
        {
            return FilterReply.NEUTRAL;
        }
        else
        {
            return FilterReply.DENY;
        }
    }

}

com.foo.ErrOutFilter

public class ErrOutFilter extends ch.qos.logback.core.filter.AbstractMatcherFilter
{

    @Override
    public FilterReply decide(Object event)
    {
        if (!isStarted())
        {
            return FilterReply.NEUTRAL;
        }

        LoggingEvent loggingEvent = (LoggingEvent) event;

        List<Level> eventsToKeep = Arrays.asList(Level.WARN, Level.ERROR);
        if (eventsToKeep.contains(loggingEvent.getLevel()))
        {
            return FilterReply.NEUTRAL;
        }
        else
        {
            return FilterReply.DENY;
        }
    }

}

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You can also use http://logback.qos.ch/manual/filters.html#levelFilter which will implement the classes for you.. – Dejell Nov 06 '11 at 06:47
@Odelya Yes, you can use the level filter but you'll need to define multiple filters as the configuration only accepts a SINGLE level to listen for. – Uriah Carpenter Nov 07 '11 at 19:23
You are right - I wrote in the end my own implementation but only one filter for all instead of 2. My filter retrieve levels string as parameter – Dejell Nov 07 '11 at 19:41
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@Uriah http://logback.qos.ch/manual/filters.html#thresholdFilter will take a range, instead of a single level – Antony Stubbs Jan 27 '12 at 18:42
@AntonyStubbs Depends on the level of granularity you want to handle per appender. Using a threshold filter and adding additivity="false" the correct the appenders should work too. – Uriah Carpenter Jan 27 '12 at 21:30
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Correct, but yecch!!! Such a simple requirement should not require Java programming. – kevin cline Aug 08 '12 at 19:03
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you don't need the filter for stderr. See this link http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13179773/logback-thresholdfilter-how-todo-the-opposite – Dean Hiller Nov 05 '12 at 13:46
I KNOW there is a way to write the above without writing your own filters as I ran into it once and used it and now I can't find it anymore. – Dean Hiller Nov 05 '12 at 13:47
posted it below for those who don't want to have java code for filtering. – Dean Hiller Jul 12 '16 at 19:02

score 58 · Answer 3 · edited May 13 '19 at 20:57

Solution based on configuration only, with a ThresoldFilter and LevelFilters to keep things really simple to understand :

<configuration>
    <appender name="STDERR" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
        <target>System.err</target>
        <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.ThresholdFilter">
          <level>WARN</level>
        </filter>
        <encoder>
            <pattern>%date %level [%thread] %logger %msg%n</pattern>
        </encoder>
    </appender>

    <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
        <target>System.out</target>
        <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.LevelFilter">
          <level>DEBUG</level>
          <onMatch>ACCEPT</onMatch>
        </filter>
        <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.LevelFilter">
          <level>INFO</level>
          <onMatch>ACCEPT</onMatch>
        </filter>
        <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.LevelFilter">
          <level>TRACE</level>
          <onMatch>ACCEPT</onMatch>
        </filter>
        <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.LevelFilter">
          <level>WARN</level>
          <onMatch>DENY</onMatch>
        </filter>
        <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.LevelFilter">
          <level>ERROR</level>
          <onMatch>DENY</onMatch>
        </filter>
        <encoder>
            <pattern>%date %level [%thread] %logger %msg%n</pattern>
        </encoder>
    </appender>

    <root level="INFO">
        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
        <appender-ref ref="STDERR" />
    </root>
</configuration>

A bit verbose, but I like this solution because it's very simple and readable. — Gondy, Sep 09 '15 at 14:30
Why not use `ThresoldFilter` to STDOUT, instead of using five `LevelFilter`? — Jiho, Jan 28 '20 at 08:36
@Alex78191, @ tonarimochi As far as I can remember, ThresholdFilter can be used to accept or reject logs with a level higher than the specified level (WARN), but not vice versa. So you can't use it to filter logs lower than WARN. But if I'm wrong feel free to improve this answer or submit a new one. — Sébastien Helbert, Jan 31 '20 at 17:23

score 36 · Answer 4 · edited May 13 '19 at 20:57

okay, here is my favorite xml way of doing it. I do this for the eclipse version so I can

click on stuff to take me to the log statements and
see info and below in black and warn/severe in red

and for some reason SO is not showing this all properly but most seems to be there...

<configuration scan="true" scanPeriod="30 seconds">

    <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
        <filter class="ch.qos.logback.core.filter.EvaluatorFilter">      
          <evaluator class="ch.qos.logback.classic.boolex.GEventEvaluator"> 
            <expression>
               e.level.toInt() &lt;= INFO.toInt()
            </expression>
          </evaluator>
          <OnMismatch>DENY</OnMismatch>
          <OnMatch>NEUTRAL</OnMatch>
        </filter>

        <encoder>
            <pattern>%date{ISO8601} %X{sessionid}-%X{user} %caller{1} %-4level: %message%n</pattern>
        </encoder>
    </appender>

    <appender name="STDERR" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
        <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.ThresholdFilter"> 
            <level>warn</level>
        </filter>

        <encoder>
            <pattern>%date{ISO8601} %X{sessionid}-%X{user} %caller{1} %-4level: %message%n</pattern>
        </encoder>
        <target>System.err</target>
    </appender>

    <root>
        <level value="INFO" />
        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT"/>
        <appender-ref ref="STDERR"/>
    </root>
</configuration>

This is the best filtering solution to separate trace debug info from warn and error — kheraud, Apr 20 '16 at 13:12

X. Wo Satuk · Answer 5 · 2016-11-20T20:17:41.790

The simplest solution is to use ThresholdFilter on the appenders:

    <appender name="..." class="...">
        <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.ThresholdFilter">
            <level>INFO</level>
        </filter>

Full example:

<configuration>
    <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
        <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.ThresholdFilter">
            <level>INFO</level>
        </filter>
        <encoder>
            <pattern>%d %-5level: %msg%n</pattern>
        </encoder>
    </appender>

    <appender name="STDERR" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
        <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.ThresholdFilter">
            <level>ERROR</level>
        </filter>
        <target>System.err</target>
        <encoder>
            <pattern>%d %-5level: %msg%n</pattern>
        </encoder>
    </appender>

    <root>
        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
        <appender-ref ref="STDERR" />
    </root>
</configuration>

Update: As Mike pointed out in the comment, messages with ERROR level are printed here both to STDOUT and STDERR. Not sure what was the OP's intent, though. You can try Mike's answer if this is not what you wanted.

I'm using logger and root. Appenders in logger getting executed but appenders in root are not getting called. — Gangadhar Jannu, Aug 25 '16 at 06:55
Gangadhar, set additivity="true" in your child logger (you overrided the default). — X. Wo Satuk, Aug 26 '16 at 19:56
Thanks... important not to forget the tag in the STDERR appender! But there is also a problem with this: ALL the output above the filter level is printed... but with stdout you want the ERROR level (and above) NOT to be printed... see my solution which combines this with S Hébert's answer... — mike rodent, Nov 09 '16 at 19:20

score 10 · Answer 6 · answered Feb 20 '13 at 22:12

This is the configuration that I use, which works fine, it is based on XML + JaninoEventEvaluator (requires the Janino library to be added to Classpath)

<configuration>
<appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
    <encoder>
        <pattern>%date | [%-5level] in [%file:%line] - %msg %n</pattern>
    </encoder>
    <filter class="ch.qos.logback.core.filter.EvaluatorFilter">
        <evaluator class="ch.qos.logback.classic.boolex.JaninoEventEvaluator">
            <expression>
                level &lt;= INFO
            </expression>
        </evaluator>
        <OnMismatch>DENY</OnMismatch>
        <OnMatch>NEUTRAL</OnMatch>
    </filter>
</appender>
<appender name="STDERR" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
    <target>System.err</target>
    <encoder>
        <pattern>%date | [%-5level] in [%file:%line] - %msg %n</pattern>
    </encoder>
    <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.ThresholdFilter">
        <level>WARN</level>
    </filter>
</appender>

<root level="DEBUG">
    <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
    <appender-ref ref="STDERR" />
</root>
</configuration>

Andras Bokor · Answer 7 · 2012-07-27T12:39:59.193

I use logback.groovy to configure my logback but you can do it with xml config as well:

import static ch.qos.logback.classic.Level.*
import static ch.qos.logback.core.spi.FilterReply.DENY
import static ch.qos.logback.core.spi.FilterReply.NEUTRAL
import ch.qos.logback.classic.boolex.GEventEvaluator
import ch.qos.logback.classic.encoder.PatternLayoutEncoder
import ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender
import ch.qos.logback.core.filter.EvaluatorFilter

def patternExpression = "%date{ISO8601} [%5level] %msg%n"

appender("STDERR", ConsoleAppender) {
    filter(EvaluatorFilter) {
      evaluator(GEventEvaluator) {
        expression = 'e.level.toInt() >= WARN.toInt()'
      }
      onMatch = NEUTRAL
      onMismatch = DENY
    }
    encoder(PatternLayoutEncoder) {
      pattern = patternExpression
    }
    target = "System.err"
  }

appender("STDOUT", ConsoleAppender) {
    filter(EvaluatorFilter) {
      evaluator(GEventEvaluator) {
        expression = 'e.level.toInt() < WARN.toInt()'
      }
      onMismatch = DENY
      onMatch = NEUTRAL
    }
    encoder(PatternLayoutEncoder) {
      pattern = patternExpression
    }
    target = "System.out"
}

logger("org.hibernate.type", WARN)
logger("org.hibernate", WARN)
logger("org.springframework", WARN)

root(INFO,["STDERR","STDOUT"])

I think to use GEventEvaluator is simplier because there is no need to create filter classes.
I apologize for my English!

mike rodent · Answer 8 · 2016-11-09T21:17:08.403

I take no credit for this answer, as it's merely a combination of the best two answers above: that of X. Wo Satuk and that of Sébastien Helbert: ThresholdFilter is lovely but you can't configure it to have an upper level as well as a lower level*, but combining it with two LevelFilters set to "DENY" WARN and ERROR works a treat.

Very important: do not forget the <target>System.err</target> tag in the STDERR appender: my omission of it had me frustrated for a few minutes.

<configuration>
    <timestamp key="byDay" datePattern="yyyyMMdd'T'HHmmss" />
    <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
        <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.ThresholdFilter">
            <level>INFO</level>
        </filter>
        <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.LevelFilter">
            <level>WARN</level>
            <onMatch>DENY</onMatch>
        </filter>
        <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.LevelFilter">
            <level>ERROR</level>
            <onMatch>DENY</onMatch>
        </filter>
        <encoder>
            <pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36}.%M\(%line\)
                - %msg%n
            </pattern>
        </encoder>
    </appender>

    <appender name="STDERR" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
        <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.ThresholdFilter">
            <level>WARN</level>
        </filter>
        <target>System.err</target>
        <encoder>
            <pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36}.%M\(%line\)
                - %msg%n
            </pattern>
        </encoder>
    </appender>

    <root level="debug">
        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
        <appender-ref ref="STDERR" />
    </root>
</configuration>

* it does however have a method decide in the API but I haven't a clue how you'd use it in this context.

This is indeed the best solution, combining ThresholdFilter and LevelFilter! — geistLich, Mar 04 '18 at 12:09
Credit is deserved for this answer which cleverly combines existing knowledge. — Olivier Cailloux, Oct 03 '20 at 11:49

score 5 · Answer 9 · answered May 14 '17 at 08:19

Try this. You can just use built-in ThresholdFilter and LevelFilter. No need to create your own filters programmically. In this example WARN and ERROR levels are logged to System.err and rest to System.out:

<appender name="stdout" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
    <!-- deny ERROR level -->
    <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.LevelFilter">
        <level>ERROR</level>
        <onMatch>DENY</onMatch>
    </filter>
    <!-- deny WARN level -->
    <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.LevelFilter">
        <level>WARN</level>
        <onMatch>DENY</onMatch>
    </filter>
    <target>System.out</target>
    <immediateFlush>true</immediateFlush>
    <encoder>
        <charset>utf-8</charset>
        <pattern>${msg_pattern}</pattern>
    </encoder>
</appender>

<appender name="stderr" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
    <!-- deny all events with a level below WARN, that is INFO, DEBUG and TRACE -->
    <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.ThresholdFilter">
        <level>WARN</level>
    </filter>
    <target>System.err</target>
    <immediateFlush>true</immediateFlush>
    <encoder>
        <charset>utf-8</charset>
        <pattern>${msg_pattern}</pattern>
    </encoder>
</appender>   

<root level="WARN">
    <appender-ref ref="stderr"/>
</root>

<root level="TRACE">
    <appender-ref ref="stdout"/>
</root>

score 1 · Answer 10 · answered Jan 03 '18 at 02:04

No programming needed. configuration make your life easy.

Below is the configuration which logs different level of logs to different files

<property name="DEV_HOME" value="./logs" />

<appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
    <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.ThresholdFilter">
        <level>INFO</level>
    </filter>
    <layout class="ch.qos.logback.classic.PatternLayout">
        <Pattern>
            %d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5level - %msg%n
        </Pattern>
    </layout>
</appender>

<appender name="FILE-ERROR"
    class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
    <file>${DEV_HOME}/app-error.log</file>
    <encoder class="ch.qos.logback.classic.encoder.PatternLayoutEncoder">
        <Pattern>
            %d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5level - %msg%n
        </Pattern>
    </encoder>

    <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.TimeBasedRollingPolicy">
        <!-- rollover daily -->
        <fileNamePattern>${DEV_HOME}/archived/app-error.%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.%i.log
        </fileNamePattern>
        <timeBasedFileNamingAndTriggeringPolicy
            class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeAndTimeBasedFNATP">
            <maxFileSize>10MB</maxFileSize>
        </timeBasedFileNamingAndTriggeringPolicy>
    </rollingPolicy>

    <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.LevelFilter">
        <level>ERROR</level>
        <!--output messages of exact level only -->
        <onMatch>ACCEPT</onMatch>
        <onMismatch>DENY</onMismatch>
    </filter>
</appender>
<appender name="FILE-INFO"
    class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
    <file>${DEV_HOME}/app-info.log</file>
    <encoder class="ch.qos.logback.classic.encoder.PatternLayoutEncoder">
        <Pattern>
            %d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5level - %msg%n
        </Pattern>
    </encoder>

    <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.TimeBasedRollingPolicy">
        <!-- rollover daily -->
        <fileNamePattern>${DEV_HOME}/archived/app-info.%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.%i.log
        </fileNamePattern>
        <timeBasedFileNamingAndTriggeringPolicy
            class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeAndTimeBasedFNATP">
            <maxFileSize>10MB</maxFileSize>
        </timeBasedFileNamingAndTriggeringPolicy>
    </rollingPolicy>


    <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.LevelFilter">
        <level>INFO</level>
        <!--output messages of exact level only -->
        <onMatch>ACCEPT</onMatch>
        <onMismatch>DENY</onMismatch>
    </filter>
</appender>


<appender name="FILE-DEBUG"
    class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
    <file>${DEV_HOME}/app-debug.log</file>
    <encoder class="ch.qos.logback.classic.encoder.PatternLayoutEncoder">
        <Pattern>
            %d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n
        </Pattern>
    </encoder>

    <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.TimeBasedRollingPolicy">
        <!-- rollover daily -->
        <fileNamePattern>${DEV_HOME}/archived/app-debug.%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.%i.log
        </fileNamePattern>
        <timeBasedFileNamingAndTriggeringPolicy
            class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeAndTimeBasedFNATP">
            <maxFileSize>10MB</maxFileSize>
        </timeBasedFileNamingAndTriggeringPolicy>
    </rollingPolicy>

    <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.LevelFilter">
        <level>DEBUG</level>
        <!--output messages of exact level only -->
        <onMatch>ACCEPT</onMatch>
        <onMismatch>DENY</onMismatch>
    </filter>
</appender>

<appender name="FILE-ALL"
    class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
    <file>${DEV_HOME}/app.log</file>
    <encoder class="ch.qos.logback.classic.encoder.PatternLayoutEncoder">
        <Pattern>
            %d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n
        </Pattern>
    </encoder>

    <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.TimeBasedRollingPolicy">
        <!-- rollover daily -->
        <fileNamePattern>${DEV_HOME}/archived/app.%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.%i.log
        </fileNamePattern>
        <timeBasedFileNamingAndTriggeringPolicy
            class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeAndTimeBasedFNATP">
            <maxFileSize>10MB</maxFileSize>
        </timeBasedFileNamingAndTriggeringPolicy>
    </rollingPolicy>
</appender>

<logger name="com.abc.xyz" level="DEBUG" additivity="true">
    <appender-ref ref="FILE-DEBUG" />
    <appender-ref ref="FILE-INFO" />
    <appender-ref ref="FILE-ERROR" />
    <appender-ref ref="FILE-ALL" />
</logger>

<root level="INFO">
    <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
</root>

score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Sep 14 '15 at 10:57

<configuration scan="true" scanPeriod="60 seconds">
 <appender name="A1" class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
    <file>${storm.log.dir}/${logfile.name}</file>
    <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.FixedWindowRollingPolicy">
      <fileNamePattern>${storm.log.dir}/${logfile.name}.%i</fileNamePattern>
      <minIndex>1</minIndex>
      <maxIndex>9</maxIndex>
    </rollingPolicy>

    <triggeringPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy">
      <maxFileSize>100MB</maxFileSize>
    </triggeringPolicy>

    <encoder>
      <pattern>%d{yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZZ} %c{1} [%p] %m%n</pattern>
    </encoder>
 </appender>

 <appender name="ACCESS" class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
    <file>${storm.log.dir}/access.log</file>
    <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.FixedWindowRollingPolicy">
      <fileNamePattern>${storm.log.dir}/access.log.%i</fileNamePattern>
      <minIndex>1</minIndex>
      <maxIndex>9</maxIndex>
    </rollingPolicy>

    <triggeringPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy">
      <maxFileSize>100MB</maxFileSize>
    </triggeringPolicy>

    <encoder>
      <pattern>%d{yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZZ} %c{1} [%p] %m%n</pattern>
    </encoder>
  </appender>

  <appender name="METRICS" class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
    <file>${storm.log.dir}/metrics.log</file>
    <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.FixedWindowRollingPolicy">
      <fileNamePattern>${storm.log.dir}/logs/metrics.log.%i</fileNamePattern>
      <minIndex>1</minIndex>
      <maxIndex>9</maxIndex>
    </rollingPolicy>

    <triggeringPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy">
      <maxFileSize>2MB</maxFileSize>
    </triggeringPolicy>

    <encoder>
      <pattern>%d %-8r %m%n</pattern>
    </encoder>
  </appender>

  <root level="INFO">
    <appender-ref ref="A1"/>
  </root>

  <logger name="backtype.storm.security.auth.authorizer" additivity="false">
    <level value="INFO" />
    <appender-ref ref="ACCESS" />
  </logger>

  <logger name="backtype.storm.metric.LoggingMetricsConsumer" additivity="false" >
    <level value="INFO"/>
    <appender-ref ref="METRICS"/>
  </logger>

</configuration>

So here is the logback file in which I am not printing backtype.storm.metric.LoggingMetricsConsumer info level if i say additivity = "true" then for for all classes in backtype.* this rule will be applied

score 0 · Answer 12 · answered Apr 05 '17 at 07:50

Example of how to output colored messages of level "INFO" or higher to console and messages of level "WARN" or higher to file.

Your logback.xml file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<configuration>
    <include resource="org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/defaults.xml"/>

    <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
        <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.LevelFilter">
            <level>INFO</level>

            <!--output messages of exact level only-->
            <!--<onMatch>ACCEPT</onMatch>-->
            <!--<onMismatch>DENY</onMismatch>-->
        </filter>
        <encoder>
            <pattern>%d{yyyy-MMM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %highlight(%-5level) %cyan(%logger{15}) - %msg %n
            </pattern>
        </encoder>
    </appender>

    <appender name="FILE" class="ch.qos.logback.core.FileAppender">
        <file>myfile.log</file>
        <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.ThresholdFilter">
            <level>WARN</level>
        </filter>
        <append>true</append>
        <encoder>
            <pattern>%d{yyyy-MMM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS} %-5level [%thread] %logger{15} - %msg%n</pattern>
        </encoder>
    </appender>

    <root level="INFO">
        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
        <appender-ref ref="FILE"/>
    </root>
</configuration>

How can I configure Logback to log different levels for a logger to different destinations?

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