Enable Logging to a File

Prerequisites

Complete Before You Begin

Follow these steps:

Open the logback-audit.xml as created in Before You Begin.

Add the following appender and logger:

logback-audit.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<included>
    <appender name="rollingFileAppender" class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
        <file>${log_dir}/mylogfile.log</file>
        <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeAndTimeBasedRollingPolicy">
            <fileNamePattern>${log_dir}/mylogfile-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.%i.log.zip</fileNamePattern>
            <maxFileSize>10MB</maxFileSize>
            <maxHistory>30</maxHistory>
        </rollingPolicy>
        <encoder>
            <pattern>%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} - %jsonMsg%n</pattern>
        </encoder>
    </appender>

    <!-- Change the name to the desired Event -->
    <logger name="audit">
        <appender-ref ref="rollingFileAppender"/>
    </logger>
</included>

Optional: Adjust file and rollingPolicy for custom log files and retention policies.
Optional: Adjust pattern to the chosen format as described in Before You Begin.
Adjust the logger name to match the event that you want to log.
Click Publish. The logging configuration becomes active within about one minute.

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