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+#!/bin/bash
+############################
+# Licensed to Metamarkets Group Inc. (Metamarkets) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  Metamarkets licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+############################
+# This script downloads the appropriate log4j2 jars and runs jconsole with them as plugins.
+# This script can be used as an example for how to connect to a druid.io instance to
+# change the logging parameters at runtime
+############################
+
+LOG4J2_VERSION=2.4.1
+MVN_REPO=`mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=settings.localRepository | grep -v '\[INFO\]' | tail -n 1`
+LOG4J_API_PATH=${MVN_REPO}/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j-api/${LOG4J2_VERSION}/log4j-api-${LOG4J2_VERSION}.jar
+LOG4J_CORE_PATH=${MVN_REPO}/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j-core/${LOG4J2_VERSION}/log4j-core-${LOG4J2_VERSION}.jar
+LOG4J_GUI_PATH=${MVN_REPO}/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j-jmx-gui/${LOG4J2_VERSION}/log4j-jmx-gui-${LOG4J2_VERSION}.jar
+APACHE_REPO='https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/public'
+
+if [ ! -e ${LOG4J_API_PATH} ]; then
+	echo "Downloading missing jars for Log4j api version ${LOG4J2_VERSION} to ${LOG4J_API_PATH}"
+	mvn dependency:get -DrepoUrl=${APACHE_REPO} -Dartifact=org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:${LOG4J2_VERSION} > /dev/null 2>&1 &
+fi
+if [ ! -e ${LOG4J_CORE_PATH} ]; then
+	echo "Downloading missing jars for Log4j core version ${LOG4J2_VERSION} to ${LOG4J_CORE_PATH}"
+	mvn dependency:get -DrepoUrl=${APACHE_REPO} -Dartifact=org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:${LOG4J2_VERSION} > /dev/null 2>&1 &
+fi
+if [ ! -e ${LOG4J_GUI_PATH} ]; then
+	echo "Downloading missing jars for Log4j gui version ${LOG4J2_VERSION} to ${LOG4J_GUI_PATH}"
+	mvn dependency:get -DrepoUrl=${APACHE_REPO} -Dartifact=org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-jmx-gui:${LOG4J2_VERSION} > /dev/null 2>&1 &
+fi
+wait
+
+jconsole -pluginpath ${LOG4J_API_PATH}:${LOG4J_CORE_PATH}:${LOG4J_GUI_PATH} $@