LM Log4j Appender Java

Use LM Log4j appender to export your java application logs to LM platform.

To Use Log4j Appender follow below steps:

Step 1 :

Clone this repository and build the project locally.

./gradlew clean build publishToMavenLocal

Step 2 :

We can use LM Log4j Appender by adding dependency in build.gradle file.

Gradle

dependencies {
    implementation 'com.logicmonitor:log4j-appender-logicmonitor:0.0.1-alpha'
}

Maven

 <dependency>
    <groupId>com.logicmonitor</groupId>
    <artifactId>log4j-appender-logicmonitor</artifactId>
    <version>0.0.1-alpha</version>
  </dependency>

Step 4 :

Change the log4j2.xml as below

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Configuration status="WARN" packages="com.logicmonitor.log4j2appender">
  <Appenders>
    <LMAppender name="LmAppender">
        <PatternLayout pattern="%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n" />
    </LMAppender>
  </Appenders>
  <Loggers>
    <Root level="info">
      <AppenderRef ref="LmAppender"/>
    </Root>
  </Loggers>
</Configuration>

Step 5 :

Build the application.

Step 6 :

Export the authentication variable.

export LM_COMPANY="<company_name>"
export LM_ACCESS_ID="<accessId>"
export LM_ACCESS_KEY="<accessKey>"

Step 7 :

Run the application.