log4j2

CloudFoundry: Extracting Java multiline exception stack traces from Logback and Log4j2 using Logstash


Categories: Containers, Logging

Cloud Foundry deployed Java applications can send log events to stdout/stderr and then a bound syslog drain can send this to a logging solution like ELK for ingestion. One area that has always been tricky when dealing with logging is multi-line Java stack traces.  By default, because each line in the stack trace has a … CloudFoundry: Extracting Java multiline exception stack traces from Logback and Log4j2 using Logstash

Java: Collapsing multiline stack traces into a single log event using Spring backed by Logback or Log4j2


Categories: Java, Logging

The two most common logging implementations used in conjunction with Spring/Spring Boot are Logback and Log4j2. In the recent past, a developer had a great deal of discretion on the format and files used for logging.  But in the modern world of container deployment and scale, these logs typically feed enterprise logging solutions which requires … Java: Collapsing multiline stack traces into a single log event using Spring backed by Logback or Log4j2

CloudFoundry: Logging for the spring-music webapp, Part 4


Categories: Containers, DNE, Java, Logging

Cloud Foundry is an opinionated Platform-as-a-Service that allows you to manage applications at scale.  This article is part of a series that explores different facets of a Cloud Foundry deployment using the spring-music project as an example. This article is Part 4 of  a series on Cloud Foundry concepts: Deploying the spring-music webapp, Part 1 Persisting spring-music data … CloudFoundry: Logging for the spring-music webapp, Part 4

Syslog: Sending Java log4j2 to rsyslog on Ubuntu


Categories: DevOps, Java

Logging has always been a critical part of application development.  But the rise of OS virtualization, applications containers, and cloud-scale logging solutions has turned logging into something bigger that managing local debug files. Modern applications and services are now expected to feed log aggregation and analysis stacks (ELK, Graylog, Loggly, Splunk, etc).  This can be … Syslog: Sending Java log4j2 to rsyslog on Ubuntu