Where should I put my log4j2.xml in my WAR file?

Question

I uses Log4j 1.2.15 & 1.2.17 for a long time. But since its DailyRollingFileAppender option got bug that cause log won't rolls sometimes in 1.2, so I'm trying to immigrating to Log4j2.

Since I got no exp on Log4j2, so things don't goes smooth. I put my log4j2.xml under /WEB-INF and added following lines into web.xml in my Eclipse.

    ...
    <context-param>
        <param-name>log4jConfiguration</param-name>
        <param-value>/WEB-INF/log4j2.xml</param-value>
    </context-param>
</web-app>

Then I export my project into WAR, and deploy it on Websphere. It show me an error.

[2017/6/8   14:00:15:702 CST] 000000c4 SystemErr     R ERROR StatusLogger No log4j2 configuration file found. Using default configuration: logging only errors to the console. Set system property 'org.apache.logging.log4j.simplelog.StatusLogger.level' to TRACE to show Log4j2 internal initialization logging.

Did I do something wrong?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 09 '17 at 11:27

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Please check this question here

If you are using Maven in your project, consider the answer by stivlo in that question, and place your config file under src/main/resources.

answered Jun 09 '17 at 11:27

D00de

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Hmm, ok, I missed an "2" on my title. But I'm not looking for where to put conf file about log4j1. – user6309529 Jun 11 '17 at 14:12
It's the same place. – D00de Jun 14 '17 at 12:36
Oh, I thought that log4jConfiguration define is start from WEB-INF. got it, thanks – user6309529 Jun 15 '17 at 07:41

Where should I put my log4j2.xml in my WAR file?

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