activemq-artemis/docs/user-manual/en/logging.md

Logging

Apache ActiveMQ uses the JBoss Logging framework to do its logging and is configurable via the logging.properties file found in the configuration directories. This is configured by Default to log to both the console and to a file.

There are 6 loggers available which are as follows:

Logger	Logger Description
org.jboss.logging	Logs any calls not handled by the Apache ActiveMQ loggers
org.apache.activemq.core.server	Logs the core server
org.apache.activemq.utils	Logs utility calls
org.apache.activemq.journal	Logs Journal calls
org.apache.activemq.jms	Logs JMS calls
org.apache.activemq.integration.bootstrap	Logs bootstrap calls

: Global Configuration Properties

Logging in a client or with an Embedded server

Firstly, if you want to enable logging on the client side you need to include the JBoss logging jars in your library. If you are using maven add the following dependencies.

<dependency>
   <groupId>org.jboss.logmanager</groupId>
   <artifactId>jboss-logmanager</artifactId>
   <version>1.5.3.Final</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
   <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
   <artifactId>activemq-core-client</artifactId>
   <version>6.0.0</version>
</dependency>

There are 2 properties you need to set when starting your java program, the first is to set the Log Manager to use the JBoss Log Manager, this is done by setting the -Djava.util.logging.manager property i.e. -Djava.util.logging.manager=org.jboss.logmanager.LogManager

The second is to set the location of the logging.properties file to use, this is done via the -Dlogging.configuration for instance -Dlogging.configuration=file:///home/user/projects/myProject/logging.properties.

Note

The value for this needs to be valid URL

The following is a typical logging.properties for a client

# Root logger option
loggers=org.jboss.logging,org.apache.activemq.core.server,org.apache.activemq.utils,org.apache.activemq.journal,org.apache.activemq.jms,org.apache.activemq.ra

# Root logger level
logger.level=INFO
# Apache ActiveMQ logger levels
logger.org.apache.activemq.core.server.level=INFO
logger.org.apache.activemq.utils.level=INFO
logger.org.apache.activemq.jms.level=DEBUG

# Root logger handlers
logger.handlers=FILE,CONSOLE

# Console handler configuration
handler.CONSOLE=org.jboss.logmanager.handlers.ConsoleHandler
handler.CONSOLE.properties=autoFlush
handler.CONSOLE.level=FINE
handler.CONSOLE.autoFlush=true
handler.CONSOLE.formatter=PATTERN

# File handler configuration
handler.FILE=org.jboss.logmanager.handlers.FileHandler
handler.FILE.level=FINE
handler.FILE.properties=autoFlush,fileName
handler.FILE.autoFlush=true
handler.FILE.fileName=activemq.log
handler.FILE.formatter=PATTERN

# Formatter pattern configuration
formatter.PATTERN=org.jboss.logmanager.formatters.PatternFormatter
formatter.PATTERN.properties=pattern
formatter.PATTERN.pattern=%d{HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p [%c] %s%E%n