Log4j 2 Properties Configuration with Console Appender

Java Code Examples for using

• org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager
• org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger

The Java code example below to show you how to configure Log4j 2 with Properties configuration file to log messages to sytem console using Console appender.

Adding Log2j 2 Dependencies to your project

Add dependencies below to your build.gradle if you are using Gradle build.

dependencies {
    compile group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-api', version: '2.11.2'
    compile group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-core', version: '2.11.2'
}

Add dependencies below to your pom.xml if you are using Maven build.

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
    <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
    <version>2.11.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
    <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
    <version>2.11.2</version>
</dependency>

Example Properties configuration to log to Console

Adding /src/main/resources/log4j2.properties to your project

status = error
name = ConsoleExample
packages = simplesolution.dev

appender.console.type = Console
appender.console.name = STDOUT
appender.console.layout.type = PatternLayout
appender.console.layout.pattern = %d - %t - %p - %c - %m%n

rootLogger.level = trace
rootLogger.appenderRef.stdout.ref = STDOUT

Example code to log messages

package simplesolution.dev;

import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;

public class Log4j2PropertiesConfigurationConsoleExample {

    private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(Log4j2PropertiesConfigurationConsoleExample.class.getName());

    public static void main(String... args) {
        logger.trace("Trace message");
        logger.info("Info message");
        logger.debug("Debug message");
        logger.warn("Warn message");
        logger.error("Error message");
        logger.fatal("Fatal message");
    }
}

Application output:

2019-05-08 01:14:06,494 - main - TRACE - simplesolution.dev.Log4j2PropertiesConfigurationConsoleExample - Trace message
2019-05-08 01:14:06,503 - main - INFO - simplesolution.dev.Log4j2PropertiesConfigurationConsoleExample - Info message
2019-05-08 01:14:06,503 - main - DEBUG - simplesolution.dev.Log4j2PropertiesConfigurationConsoleExample - Debug message
2019-05-08 01:14:06,504 - main - WARN - simplesolution.dev.Log4j2PropertiesConfigurationConsoleExample - Warn message
2019-05-08 01:14:06,504 - main - ERROR - simplesolution.dev.Log4j2PropertiesConfigurationConsoleExample - Error message
2019-05-08 01:14:06,504 - main - FATAL - simplesolution.dev.Log4j2PropertiesConfigurationConsoleExample - Fatal message

Download Source Code

The source code in this article can be found at: https://github.com/simplesolutiondev/Log4j2PropertiesConfigurationConsole

Happy Coding 😊