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Change log4j log levels runtime from a jsp
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log4jAdmin.jsp
<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html;charset=UTF-8" %>
<%@ page import="org.apache.log4j.Level" %>
<%@ page import="org.apache.log4j.LogManager" %>
<%@ page import="org.apache.log4j.Logger" %>
<%@ page import="java.util.HashMap" %>
<%@ page import="java.util.Enumeration" %>
<%@ page import="java.util.Set" %>
<%@ page import="java.util.Arrays" %>
<%
/* This was originally suggested by Nelz on http://nelz.net/2008/04/08/log4j-runtime-configuration
and maybe also in this zip as suggested in the comments
https://web.archive.org/web/20051016184059/http://ftpna2.bea.com/pub/downloads/Log4jAdmin.zip
This post is ancient - and if you believe System.currentTimeMillis() is proprietary or otherwise copies your work bad luck
I don't have any example for log4j2 - don't use it and haven't used JSP for at least 13 years
*/
long beginPageLoadTime = System.currentTimeMillis();%>
<html>
<head>
<title>Log4J Administration</title>
<style type="text/css">
<!--
#content {
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
text-align: center;
background-color: #ccc;
border: 1px solid #000;
width: 100%;
}
body {
position: relative;
margin: 10px;
padding: 0px;
color: #333;
}
h1 {
margin-top: 20px;
font: 1.5em Verdana, Arial, Helvetica sans-serif;
}
h2 {
margin-top: 10px;
font: 0.75em Verdana, Arial, Helvetica sans-serif;
text-align: left;
}
a, a:link, a:visited, a:active {
color: red;
text-decoration: none;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
table {
width: 100%;
background-color: #000;
padding: 3px;
border: 0px;
}
th {
font-size: 0.75em;
background-color: #ccc;
color: #000;
padding-left: 5px;
text-align: center;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
white-space: nowrap;
}
td {
font-size: 0.75em;
background-color: #fff;
white-space: nowrap;
}
td.center {
font-size: 0.75em;
background-color: #fff;
text-align: center;
white-space: nowrap;
}
.filterForm {
font-size: 0.9em;
background-color: #000;
color: #fff;
padding-left: 5px;
text-align: left;
border: 1px solid #000;
white-space: nowrap;
}
.filterText {
font-size: 0.75em;
background-color: #fff;
color: #000;
text-align: left;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
white-space: nowrap;
}
.filterButton {
font-size: 0.75em;
background-color: #000;
color: #fff;
padding-left: 5px;
padding-right: 5px;
text-align: center;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
width: 100px;
white-space: nowrap;
}
-->
</style>
</head>
<body onLoad="javascript:document.logFilterForm.logNameFilter.focus();">
<%
String containsFilter = "Contains";
String beginsWithFilter = "Begins With";
String[] logLevels = {"debug", "info", "warn", "error", "fatal", "off"};
String targetOperation = (String) request.getParameter("operation");
String targetLogger = (String) request.getParameter("logger");
String targetLogLevel = (String) request.getParameter("newLogLevel");
String logNameFilter = (String) request.getParameter("logNameFilter");
String logNameFilterType = (String) request.getParameter("logNameFilterType");
%>
<div id="content">
<h1>Log4J Administration</h1>
<div class="filterForm">
<form action="log4jAdmin.jsp" name="logFilterForm">Filter Loggers:&nbsp;&nbsp;
<input name="logNameFilter" type="text" size="50" value="<%=(logNameFilter == null ? "":logNameFilter)%>"
class="filterText"/>
<input name="logNameFilterType" type="submit" value="<%=beginsWithFilter%>" class="filterButton"/>&nbsp;
<input name="logNameFilterType" type="submit" value="<%=containsFilter%>" class="filterButton"/>&nbsp;
<input name="logNameClear" type="button" value="Clear" class="filterButton"
onmousedown='javascript:document.logFilterForm.logNameFilter.value="";'/>
<input name="logNameReset" type="reset" value="Reset" class="filterButton"/>
<param name="operation" value="changeLogLevel"/>
</form>
</div>
<table cellspacing="1">
<tr>
<th width="25%">Logger</th>
<th width="25%">Parent Logger</th>
<th width="15%">Effective Level</th>
<th width="35%">Change Log Level To</th>
</tr>
<%
Enumeration loggers = LogManager.getCurrentLoggers();
HashMap loggersMap = new HashMap(128);
Logger rootLogger = LogManager.getRootLogger();
if (!loggersMap.containsKey(rootLogger.getName())) {
loggersMap.put(rootLogger.getName(), rootLogger);
}
while (loggers.hasMoreElements()) {
Logger logger = (Logger) loggers.nextElement();
if (logNameFilter == null || logNameFilter.trim().length() == 0) {
loggersMap.put(logger.getName(), logger);
} else if (containsFilter.equals(logNameFilterType)) {
if (logger.getName().toUpperCase().indexOf(logNameFilter.toUpperCase()) >= 0) {
loggersMap.put(logger.getName(), logger);
}
} else {
// Either was no filter in IF, contains filter in ELSE IF, or begins with in ELSE
if (logger.getName().startsWith(logNameFilter)) {
loggersMap.put(logger.getName(), logger);
}
}
}
Set loggerKeys = loggersMap.keySet();
String[] keys = new String[loggerKeys.size()];
keys = (String[]) loggerKeys.toArray(keys);
Arrays.sort(keys, String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER);
for (int i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
Logger logger = (Logger) loggersMap.get(keys[i]);
// MUST CHANGE THE LOG LEVEL ON LOGGER BEFORE GENERATING THE LINKS AND THE
// CURRENT LOG LEVEL OR DISABLED LINK WON'T MATCH THE NEWLY CHANGED VALUES
if ("changeLogLevel".equals(targetOperation) && targetLogger.equals(logger.getName())) {
Logger selectedLogger = (Logger) loggersMap.get(targetLogger);
selectedLogger.setLevel(Level.toLevel(targetLogLevel));
}
String loggerName = null;
String loggerEffectiveLevel = null;
String loggerParent = null;
if (logger != null) {
loggerName = logger.getName();
loggerEffectiveLevel = String.valueOf(logger.getEffectiveLevel());
loggerParent = (logger.getParent() == null ? null : logger.getParent().getName());
}
%>
<tr>
<td><%=loggerName%>
</td>
<td><%=loggerParent%>
</td>
<td><%=loggerEffectiveLevel%>
</td>
<td class="center">
<%
for (int cnt = 0; cnt < logLevels.length; cnt++) {
String url = "log4jAdmin.jsp?operation=changeLogLevel&logger=" + loggerName + "&newLogLevel=" + logLevels[cnt] + "&logNameFilter=" + (logNameFilter != null ? logNameFilter : "") + "&logNameFilterType=" + (logNameFilterType != null ? logNameFilterType : "");
if (logger.getLevel() == Level.toLevel(logLevels[cnt]) || logger.getEffectiveLevel() == Level.toLevel(logLevels[cnt])) {
%>
[<%=logLevels[cnt].toUpperCase()%>]
<%
} else {
%>
<a href='<%=url%>'>[<%=logLevels[cnt]%>]</a>&nbsp;
<%
}
}
%>
</td>
</tr>
<%
}
%>
</table>
<h2>
Revision: 1.0<br/>
Page Load Time (Millis): <%=(System.currentTimeMillis() - beginPageLoadTime)%>
</h2>
</div>
</body>
</html>
@iamkristian
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No worries 😄 I'm just glad you found the code you needed 👍

@iaveryanov
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Thank you! I have created for logback https://gist.github.com/iaveryanov/792aa692de6f9f62294c

@tilakjayswal16
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Hi, do we have same example for Log4j2 ? I tried doing by my own but seems the architecture has been changed a lot.

@bijelo
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bijelo commented Apr 6, 2020

Give honor to whom (I suppose) it is due.
https://web.archive.org/web/20051016184059/http://ftpna2.bea.com/pub/downloads/Log4jAdmin.zip
Original JSP page with documentation from defunct BEA Systems site.
Last lines from original JSP page:

      <h2>
        Mike Amend<br />
        BEA Systems<br />
        Email: <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br />
        Revision: 1.0<br />  
        Page Load Time (Millis): <%=(System.currentTimeMillis() - beginPageLoadTime)%>
      </h2>

@Sahithi1403
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Hi, do we have same example for Log4j2 ?

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