How to log exception stacktrace using syslog handler ?

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Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 6.2.0-Beta

Issue

  • How to log exception stacktrace using syslog handler ?

Resolution

  • To capture complete stack trace we have to use custom handler configuration like as:
<custom-handler name="SYSLOG" class="org.jboss.logmanager.handlers.SyslogHandler" module="org.jboss.logmanager">
 <level name="INFO"/>
 <formatter>
     <pattern-formatter pattern="%d{HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p [%c] (%t) %s%E"/>
 </formatter>
 <properties>
  <property name="serverHostname" value="localhost"/>
  <property name="facility" value="LOCAL_USE_6"/>
  <property name="syslogType" value="RFC5424"/>
 </properties>
</custom-handler>
  • With this configuration we can see complete stack trace is logged in log file:
- java[606] 10:01:55,689 ERROR [org.jboss.msc.service.fail] (MSC service thread 1-5) MSC000001: Failed to start service jboss.web.connector.http: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.web.connector.http: JBAS018007: Error starting web connector#012#011at org.jboss.as.web.WebConnectorService.start(WebConnectorService.java:358)#012#011at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.startService(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1811) [jboss-msc-1.0.4.GA-redhat-1.jar:1.0.4.GA-redhat-1]#012#011at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1746) [jboss-msc-1.0.4.GA-redhat-1.jar:1.0.4.GA-redhat-1]#012#011at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) [rt.jar:1.6.0_37]#012#011at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) [rt.jar:1.6.0_37]#012#011at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662) [rt.jar:1.6.0_37]#012Caused by: LifecycleException:  JBWEB000023: Protocol handler initialization failed#012#011at org.apache.catalina.connector.Connector.init(Connector.java:986)#012#011at org.jboss.as.web.WebConnectorService.start(WebConnectorService.java:300)#012#011... 5 more#012

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