Log4j.properties for Share on separate Tomcat

[dynabix]

Hi

I am using Share on a separate Tomcat and want to adapt the location of the log-file for Share. For the Alfresco app itself I managed to do this by creating shared/classes/alfresco/extension/alfresco-log4j.properties under the Alfresco Tomcat directory and set te logfile location in there.

I tried something similar for Share under the Share Tomcat directory, but this has no effect.

How can I adapt the location of the log-file for Share on a separate Tomcat?

Best regards,
David

[kavilash23]

Hello,

Try to change the default share log4j.properties located at $TOMCAT-HOME/webapps/share/WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties)

[dynabix]

Hello Kavi

Thanks for the suggestion, but this file will be overwritten when the share.war is changed or redeployed. The same will happen in the Alfresco webapp with the file "$ALFRESCO-TOMCAT-HOME/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties". Therefore Alfresco made it possible to define a separate custom log4j-file "$ALFRESCO-TOMCAT-HOME/shared/classes/alfresco/extension/alfresco-log4j.properties". However creating a similar file "$SHARE-TOMCAT-HOME/shared/classes/share/extension/share-log4j.properties" does not do the trick for Share.

[santoshbaradwaj]

Go through the below link it might be useful.

http://santoshpydisetti.wordpress.com/2014/03/12/alfresco-module-specific-logging/

[dynabix]

I found this post which explains that what I want is not possible:
http://forums.alfresco.com/forum/developer-discussions/alfresco-share-development/overriding-share-l...

I guess that still is the case.

Thanks for the reactions anyway.

Regards,
David

[julienguay]

I was looking for a solution and found that by trying and I/O tracing:
This can be done (I tested in 4.2.0.12, 5.1.0.5 and 5.1.1.0):
cp tomcat/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/classes/share/extension/log4j.properties tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/extension/share-log4j.properties
edit share-log4j.properties for value:
log4j.appender.File.File=/logs/share.log #linux
log4j.appender.File.File=C:/logs/share.log #windows