Two separate Log4j log files possible?

Question

I run two web services on the same machine.

Is it possible to have 2 separate Log4j log files, one for each web service?

@ThorbjørnRavnAndersen I'd like to have two logs, so I can debug easier. Currently both services write to same log file and that's confusing. — Danijel, Jun 06 '13 at 09:54

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

There are some code samples that solve this problem:

<log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j='http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/'>

<appender name="fileAppender1" class="org.apache.log4j.FileAppender">
   <param name="file" value="webservice1.log"/>
</appender>

<appender name="fileAppender2" class="org.apache.log4j.FileAppender">
   <param name="file" value="webservice2.log"/>
</appender>

<logger name="org.x.logger1">
   <appender ref="fileAppender1"/>
</logger>

<logger name="org.x.logger2">
   <appender ref="fileAppender2"/>
</logger>

</log4j:configuration>

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 06 '13 at 09:45

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If your two services are in separated web application, you can simply include log4j in each webapp and include a log4j.properties that logs in a dedicated file.

answered Jun 06 '13 at 09:45

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