[FLUME-3421] Default log4j settings do not log to console after FLUME-2050

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.10.0
• Release Note: PR was merged.
• Assignee: Tristan Stevens
• Reporter: Tristan Stevens
• Created: 12/Apr/22 01:43
• Updated: 10/May/22 19:56
• Resolved: 10/May/22 19:56

Description

Original log4j config was as follows. New log4j2 config should retain previous behaviour and allow users to customise:

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# Define some default values that can be overridden by system properties.
#
# For testing, it may also be convenient to specify
# -Dflume.root.logger=DEBUG,console when launching flume.

#flume.root.logger=DEBUG,console
flume.root.logger=INFO,LOGFILE
flume.log.dir=./logs
flume.log.file=flume.log

log4j.logger.org.apache.flume.lifecycle = INFO
log4j.logger.org.jboss = WARN
log4j.logger.org.mortbay = INFO
log4j.logger.org.apache.avro.ipc.NettyTransceiver = WARN
log4j.logger.org.apache.hadoop = INFO
log4j.logger.org.apache.hadoop.hive = ERROR

# Define the root logger to the system property "flume.root.logger".
log4j.rootLogger=${flume.root.logger}


# Stock log4j rolling file appender
# Default log rotation configuration
log4j.appender.LOGFILE=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
log4j.appender.LOGFILE.MaxFileSize=100MB
log4j.appender.LOGFILE.MaxBackupIndex=10
log4j.appender.LOGFILE.File=${flume.log.dir}/${flume.log.file}
log4j.appender.LOGFILE.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.LOGFILE.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p [%t] (%C.%M:%L) %x - %m%n


# Warning: If you enable the following appender it will fill up your disk if you don't have a cleanup job!
# This uses the updated rolling file appender from log4j-extras that supports a reliable time-based rolling policy.
# See http://logging.apache.org/log4j/companions/extras/apidocs/org/apache/log4j/rolling/TimeBasedRollingPolicy.html
# Add "DAILY" to flume.root.logger above if you want to use this
log4j.appender.DAILY=org.apache.log4j.rolling.RollingFileAppender
log4j.appender.DAILY.rollingPolicy=org.apache.log4j.rolling.TimeBasedRollingPolicy
log4j.appender.DAILY.rollingPolicy.ActiveFileName=${flume.log.dir}/${flume.log.file}
log4j.appender.DAILY.rollingPolicy.FileNamePattern=${flume.log.dir}/${flume.log.file}.%d{yyyy-MM-dd}
log4j.appender.DAILY.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.DAILY.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p [%t] (%C.%M:%L) %x - %m%n


# console
# Add "console" to flume.root.logger above if you want to use this
log4j.appender.console=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
log4j.appender.console.target=System.err
log4j.appender.console.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.console.layout.ConversionPattern=%d (%t) [%p - %l] %m%n