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[Jo Størset <storset@xxxxxxxxx>]

Den 25. feb. 2011 kl. 09.19 skrev Jason Pickering:

> Hi.
> I edited the log4j.properties file in
> /dhis/WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties to point to the absolute file
> path where the logs should be stored. Tomcat stopped complaining then.
> Will put this in the server setup section of the manual when I get a
> chance.

Good. You will forget to redo it the next time you upgrade the war, though, so I'd recommend externalizing the file (to DHIS2_HOME?).

Jo


> Regards,
> Jason
> 
> 
> On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 5:09 AM, Jo Størset <storset@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> Den 24. feb. 2011 kl. 22.50 skrev Jason Pickering:
>> 
>>> Can someone please explain how I can prevent this error from happening?
>> 
>> I think your best bet is to
>> 
>> - copy the log4j,properties to somewhere
>> - edit the audit.log path to point to where you want the log file
>> - add '-Dlog4j.configuration=file:/path/to/log4j.properties' to your environment (e.g. CATALINA_OPTS)
>> 
>> Logging really is an operational concern, so I think it makes sense to externalize.
>> 
>> Jo
> 
> 
> 
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> Jason P. Pickering
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