Question

The server is a simple jetty Server

How to set the log4j.properties file i have a proper log4j properties file,

but while setting the log4j.properties

using the following manner, i have the log4j.properties in my src folder

PropertyConfigurator.configure("log4j.properties");

it works fine when i am working locally, but when i create a jar file and run its throwing an exception like java.io.FileNotFoundException:

i have tried extracting it and created it in another folder called resources and tried accessing that by the following method

PropertyConfigurator.configure("resources/log4j.properties");

even after that its showing the same error

how to export the entire project as a jar file and make this log4j problem to work?

Found another link
Log4j Properties in a Custom Place

and in that it is required to set the class path

java -Dlog4j.configuration=conf/log4j.properties -classpath ...

Do not know how to set the -classpath and dont know whether this method will work!!

And even if its exported as a jar file it should work!

Answer 1

If the log4j.properties resource directory is on the classpath, you could use:

PropertyConfigurator.configure("classpath:resources/log4j.properties");

To see the working directory for Jetty, you could add:

System.out.println(System.getProperty("user.dir"));

before the PropertyConfigurator.configure statement. This would allow you to see where the property file is located in relation to the server’s working directory.