Development
JBoss 7.1 already ships with Log4J, but the config is somehow different from previous versions of the server.
The same Log4J architecture applies, you have appenders and categories, but the config files are different, so I’ll explain how to configure a new category and appender for this.
When developing your EJB you need to:
JBoss already comes with a configuration file under %JBOSS_FOLDER%/standalone/configuration/standalone.xml. By default, your logger will output to server.log and console, but you can add some appender to output your app logs to another file.
Here is an example, edit that file and add the following snippets (following the definition of the file):
Restart the server and you should see the new myappfile.log in the folder. Make sure your app logs something, for example, adding logger.info(“my servlet info log”) in some servlet and call it from the browser. You’ll also see this log in the console
If you need further customization, have a look at log4j help.