[LOG4J2-789] Where can I view the embedded flume agent startup logs

• Type: Question
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Cannot Reproduce
• Affects Version/s: 2.0-rc2
• Component/s: Flume Appender
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Bijith Kumar
• Created: 21/Aug/14 00:09
• Updated: 23/Jun/19 08:05
• Resolved: 23/Jun/19 08:05

Description

Question is about the INFO/ERROR statements logged by the embedded flume agent during startup.
When running from eclipse I am able to see these logs in the console. However, when deployed in Tomcat, the log doesn't appear in application or catalina.out logs. I tried adding the below configuration in my log4j2.xml but that didn't work either
<Logger name="org.apache.flume" level="INFO">
<AppenderRef ref="applicationFile" />
</Logger>

Just to make it clear, I am talking about the below logs (i.e.the embedded agent startup logs)

14/08/20 16:37:12 INFO conf.FlumeConfiguration: Processing:agent1
14/08/20 16:37:12 INFO conf.FlumeConfiguration: Processing:agent1
14/08/20 16:37:12 INFO conf.FlumeConfiguration: Processing:agent1
14/08/20 16:37:12 INFO conf.FlumeConfiguration: Processing:agent1
14/08/20 16:37:12 INFO conf.FlumeConfiguration: Processing:agent1
14/08/20 16:37:12 INFO conf.FlumeConfiguration: Added sinks: agent1 Agent: flumeAppender-fa1d7b7179c6a671efca3ac5c658c6c0
14/08/20 16:37:12 INFO conf.FlumeConfiguration: Post-validation flume configuration contains configuration for agents: [flumeAppender-fa1d7b7179c6a671efca3ac5c658c6c0]
14/08/20 16:37:12 INFO node.AbstractConfigurationProvider: Creating channels
14/08/20 16:37:12 INFO channel.DefaultChannelFactory: Creating instance of channel channel-flumeAppender-fa1d7b7179c6a671efca3ac5c658c6c0 type file
14/08/20 16:37:12 INFO node.AbstractConfigurationProvider: Created channel channel-flumeAppender-fa1d7b7179c6a671efca3ac5c658c6c0
14/08/20 16:37:12 INFO source.DefaultSourceFactory: Creating instance of source source-flumeAppender-fa1d7b7179c6a671efca3ac5c658c6c0, type org.apache.flume.agent.embedded.EmbeddedSource
14/08/20 16:37:12 INFO sink.DefaultSinkFactory: Creating instance of sink: agent1, type: avro
14/08/20 16:37:12 INFO sink.AbstractRpcSink: Connection reset is set to 0. Will not reset connection to next hop
14/08/20 16:37:12 INFO node.AbstractConfigurationProvider: Channel channel-flumeAppender-fa1d7b7179c6a671efca3ac5c658c6c0 connected to [source-flumeAppender-fa1d7b7179c6a671efca3ac5c658c6c0, agent1]
14/08/20 16:37:12 INFO file.FileChannel: Starting FileChannel channel-flumeAppender-fa1d7b7179c6a671efca3ac5c658c6c0

{ dataDirs: [flumedata/file-channel/data] }

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