[java] Please initialize the log4j system properly. While running web service

Maybe it looks silly to ask this but I am confused. I referred to Configuring Log4j property but it doesn't seem to help.

I have written a simple web service HelloWorld. And while running it I am getting the error something like this :

log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServlet). log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly.

I am not sure why its happening.

I am generating the web-service using Eclipse and deployed in Tomcat 6.0. I check on Axis Developer's Guide and according to them

log4j.configuration=log4j.properties Use this system property to specify the name of a Log4J configuration file. If not specified, the default configuration file is log4j.properties. A log4j.properties file is provided in axis.jar.

I didn't find log4j.properties in the axis.jar.

Any help on this?

Well, if you had already created the log4j.properties you would add its path to the classpath so it would be found during execution.
Yes, the thingy will search for this file in the classpath.
Since you said you looked into axis and didnt find one, I am assuming you dont have a log4j.properties, so here's a crude but complete example.
Create it somewhere and add to your classpath. Put it for example, in c:/proj/resources/log4j.properties

In your classpath you simple add .......;c:/proj/resources

# Root logger option
log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG, stdout, file

# Redirect log messages to console
log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
log4j.appender.stdout.Target=System.out
log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n

# Redirect log messages to a log file, support file rolling.
log4j.appender.file=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
log4j.appender.file.File=c:/project/resources/t-output/log4j-application.log
log4j.appender.file.MaxFileSize=5MB
log4j.appender.file.MaxBackupIndex=10
log4j.appender.file.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.file.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n

If the below statment is present in your class then your log4j.properties should be in java source(src) folder , if it is jar executable it should be packed in jar not a seperate file.

static Logger log = Logger.getLogger(MyClass.class);

Thanks,

If you are using Logger.getLogger(ClassName.class) then place your log4j.properties file in your class path:

yourproject/javaresoures/src/log4j.properties (Put inside src folder)

You have to create your own log4j.properties in the classpath folder.

You can configure log4j.properties like above answers, or use org.apache.log4j.BasicConfigurator

public class FooImpl implements Foo {

    private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(FooBar.class);

    public Object createObject() {
        BasicConfigurator.configure();
        LOGGER.info("something");
        return new Object();
    }
}

So under the table, configure do:

  configure() {
    Logger root = Logger.getRootLogger();
    root.addAppender(new ConsoleAppender(
           new PatternLayout(PatternLayout.TTCC_CONVERSION_PATTERN)));
  }

Warning No appenders could be found for logger means that you're using log4j logging system, but you haven't added any Appenders (such as FileAppender, ConsoleAppender, SocketAppender, SyslogAppender, etc.) into your configuration file or the configuration file is missing.

There are three ways to configure log4j: with a properties file (log4j.properties), with an XML file and through Java code (rootLogger.addAppender(new NullAppender());).

If you've property file present (e.g. when installing Solr), you need to place this file within your classpath directory.

classpath

Here are some command suggestions how to determine your classpath value:

$ echo $CLASSPATH
$ ps wuax | grep -i classpath
$ grep -Ri classpath /etc/tomcat? /var/lib/tomcat?/conf

or from Java: System.getProperty("java.class.path").

Tomcat

If you're using Tomcat, you may place your log4j.properties into: /usr/share/tomcat?/lib/ or /var/lib/tomcat?/webapps/*/WEB-INF/lib/ folder.

Solr

For the reference, Solr log4j.properties looks like:

#  Logging level
solr.log=logs/
log4j.rootLogger=INFO, file, CONSOLE

log4j.appender.CONSOLE=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender

log4j.appender.CONSOLE.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.CONSOLE.layout.ConversionPattern=%-4r [%t] %-5p %c %x \u2013 %m%n

#- size rotation with log cleanup.
log4j.appender.file=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
log4j.appender.file.MaxFileSize=4MB
log4j.appender.file.MaxBackupIndex=9

#- File to log to and log format
log4j.appender.file.File=${solr.log}/solr.log
log4j.appender.file.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.file.layout.ConversionPattern=%-5p - %d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS}; %C; %m\n

log4j.logger.org.apache.zookeeper=WARN
log4j.logger.org.apache.hadoop=WARN

# set to INFO to enable infostream log messages
log4j.logger.org.apache.solr.update.LoggingInfoStream=OFF