Please indicate the source of the original reprint: http://agilestyle.iteye.com/blog/2386997
Maven Dependency
web.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app version="3.0" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd">
<context-param>
<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
<param-value>classpath:spring/applicationContext*.xml</param-value>
</context-param>
<context-param>
<param-name>isLog4jAutoInitializationDisabled</param-name>
<param-value>false</param-value>
</context-param>
<listener>
<listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
</listener>
<listener>
<listener-class>org.apache.logging.log4j.web.Log4jServletContextListener</listener-class>
</listener>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>appServlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
<param-value>classpath:spring/springmvc.xml</param-value>
</init-param>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>appServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<filter>
<filter-name>log4jServletFilter</filter-name>
<filter-class>org.apache.logging.log4j.web.Log4jServletFilter</filter-class>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>log4jServletFilter</filter-name>
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
<dispatcher>REQUEST</dispatcher>
<dispatcher>FORWARD</dispatcher>
<dispatcher>INCLUDE</dispatcher>
<dispatcher>ERROR</dispatcher>
</filter-mapping>
<filter>
<filter-name>CharacterEncodingFilter</filter-name>
<filter-class>org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter</filter-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>encoding</param-name>
<param-value>UTF-8</param-value>
</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>forceEncoding</param-name>
<param-value>true</param-value>
</init-param>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>CharacterEncodingFilter</filter-name>
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>
<session-config>
<session-timeout>15</session-timeout>
</session-config>
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>
</web-app>
log4j2.xml
Note: log4j2.xml must be in the resources root directory
A more complete log4j2.xml configuration template
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--Log level and priority ordering: OFF > FATAL > ERROR > WARN > INFO > DEBUG > TRACE > ALL -->
<!-- The status after Configuration, this is used to set the internal information output of log4j2 itself, you can not set it, when it is set to trace, you will see various detailed output inside log4j2 -->
<!--monitorInterval: Log4j can automatically detect modifying the configuration file and reconfigure itself, setting the interval in seconds -->
<configuration status="WARN" monitorInterval="30">
<!--First define all appenders-->
<appenders>
<!--Configuration of this output console-->
<console name="Console" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
<!--Format of output log-->
<PatternLayout pattern="[%d{HH:mm:ss:SSS}] [%p] - %l - %m%n"/>
</console>
<!--The file will print out all the information, the log will be automatically cleared every time the program is run, determined by the append attribute, this is also very useful, suitable for temporary testing -->
<File name="log" fileName="log/test.log" append="false">
<PatternLayout pattern="%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} %-5level %class{36} %L %M - %msg%xEx%n"/>
</File>
<!-- This will print out all info and below level information, every time the size exceeds size, the log of this size will be automatically stored under the folder created by year-month and compressed as an archive-- >
<RollingFile name="RollingFileInfo" fileName="${sys:user.home}/logs/info.log"
filePattern="${sys:user.home}/logs/$${date:yyyy-MM}/info-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}-%i.log">
<!--The console only outputs information of level and above (onMatch), other directly rejected (onMismatch)-->
<ThresholdFilter level="info" onMatch="ACCEPT" onMismatch="DENY"/>
<PatternLayout pattern="[%d{HH:mm:ss:SSS}] [%p] - %l - %m%n"/>
<Policies>
<TimeBasedTriggeringPolicy/>
<SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy size="100 MB"/>
</Policies>
</RollingFile>
<RollingFile name="RollingFileWarn" fileName="${sys:user.home}/logs/warn.log"
filePattern="${sys:user.home}/logs/$${date:yyyy-MM}/warn-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}-%i.log">
<ThresholdFilter level="warn" onMatch="ACCEPT" onMismatch="DENY"/>
<PatternLayout pattern="[%d{HH:mm:ss:SSS}] [%p] - %l - %m%n"/>
<Policies>
<TimeBasedTriggeringPolicy/>
<SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy size="100 MB"/>
</Policies>
<!-- If the DefaultRolloverStrategy property is not set, the default is a maximum of 7 files in the same folder, and 20 are set here -->
<DefaultRolloverStrategy max="20"/>
</RollingFile>
<RollingFile name="RollingFileError" fileName="${sys:user.home}/logs/error.log"
filePattern="${sys:user.home}/logs/$${date:yyyy-MM}/error-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}-%i.log">
<ThresholdFilter level="error" onMatch="ACCEPT" onMismatch="DENY"/>
<PatternLayout pattern="[%d{HH:mm:ss:SSS}] [%p] - %l - %m%n"/>
<Policies>
<TimeBasedTriggeringPolicy/>
<SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy size="100 MB"/>
</Policies>
</RollingFile>
</appenders>
<!--Then define the logger, the appender will take effect only if the logger is defined and introduced-->
<loggers>
<!--Filter out some useless DEBUG information of spring and mybatis-->
<logger name="org.springframework" level="INFO"/>
<logger name="org.mybatis" level="INFO"/>
<root level="all">
<appender-ref ref="Console"/>
<appender-ref ref="RollingFileInfo"/>
<appender-ref ref="RollingFileWarn"/>
<appender-ref ref="RollingFileError"/>
</root>
</loggers>
</configuration>
How to use
Reference
http://www.cnblogs.com/hafiz/p/6170702.html
https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/