Log4j2 configuration - No log4j2 configuration file found

Question

Lately I decided to learn how to use the log4j2 logger. I downloaded required jar files, created library, xml comfiguration file and tried to use it. Unfortunately i get this statement in console (Eclipse) :

ERROR StatusLogger No log4j2 configuration file found. Using default configuration:       logging only errors to the console. 

This is my testing class code:

package log4j.test;  import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager; import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;  public class Log4jTest {     static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(Logger.class.getName());      public static void main(String[] args) {             logger.trace("trace");         logger.debug("debug");         logger.info("info");         logger.warn("warn");         logger.error("error");         logger.fatal("fatal");     } } 

And my xml config file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Configuration package="log4j.test"                 status="WARN">     <Appenders>         <Console name="Console" target="SYSTEM_OUT">             <PatternLayout pattern="%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n"/>         </Console>     </Appenders>     <Loggers>         <Logger name="log4j.test.Log4jTest" level="trace">             <AppenderRef ref="Console"/>         </Logger>         <Root level="trace">             <AppenderRef ref="Console"/>         </Root>     </Loggers> </Configuration> 

I tried also with xml without <Logger> tags, and package specification and in various folders/packages directories, but it didn't help. Now my log4j2.xml file is located directly in project folder in eclipse.

Answer 1

Is this a simple eclipse java project without maven etc? In that case you will need to put the log4j2.xml file under src folder in order to be able to find it on the classpath. If you use maven put it under src/main/resources or src/test/resources

Answer 2

You need to choose one of the following solutions:

1. Put the log4j2.xml file in resource directory in your project so the log4j will locate files under class path.
2. Use system property -Dlog4j.configurationFile=file:/path/to/file/log4j2.xml