How to suppress or separate STDOUT / STDERR logs from server.log in JBoss 4 / 5

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Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 4.x
    • 5.x

Issue

  • How to configure JBoss to suppress STDOUT and/or STDERR logging to server.log?
  • How to configure JBoss to separate STDOUT and/or STDERR logging from server.log?
  • How to suppress the messages from console as well as from server.log ?

Resolution

To surpress STDOUT and/or STDERR logging:

  • Add the following to $JBOSS_HOME/server/$PROFILE/conf/jboss-log4j.xml. For example:

    <category name="STDOUT">
  <priority value="OFF" />
</category>
<category name="STDERR">
  <priority value="OFF" />
</category>
To separate STDOUT and/or STDERR logging from server.log:

  • Set up new appenders for the STDOUT / STDERR then specify the appenders to the STDOUT / STDERR categories with additivity="false". For example:

    <appender name="STDOUTLOG" class="org.jboss.logging.appender.DailyRollingFileAppender">
    <errorHandler class="org.jboss.logging.util.OnlyOnceErrorHandler"/>
    <param name="File" value="${jboss.server.log.dir}/stdout.log"/>
    <param name="Append" value="false"/>
    <param name="DatePattern" value="'.'yyyy-MM-dd"/>
    <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
      <!-- The default pattern: Date Priority [Category] (Thread) Message\n -->
      <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d %-5p [%c] (%t) %m%n"/>
    </layout>
</appender>

<appender name="STDERRLOG" class="org.jboss.logging.appender.DailyRollingFileAppender">
    <errorHandler class="org.jboss.logging.util.OnlyOnceErrorHandler"/>
    <param name="File" value="${jboss.server.log.dir}/stderr.log"/>
    <param name="Append" value="false"/>
    <param name="DatePattern" value="'.'yyyy-MM-dd"/>
    <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
      <!-- The default pattern: Date Priority [Category] (Thread) Message\n -->
      <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d %-5p [%c] (%t) %m%n"/>
    </layout>
</appender>

...(snip)...

<category name="STDOUT" additivity="false">
    <priority value="INFO" />
    <appender-ref ref="STDOUTLOG"/>
</category>

<category name="STDERR" additivity="false">
    <priority value="INFO" />
    <appender-ref ref="STDERRLOG"/>
</category>

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