configure where akhq logs

[jgrammen-agilitypr]

I have look through the documentation and various links but i cannot find any information on how to configure where akhq logs.

How does one set the file/destination for the logging?

logger:
   levels:
     root: DEBUG
     org.akhq.configs: TRACE
     io.micronaut.security: TRACE
akhq:
  server:
    access-log: # Access log configuration (optional)
      enabled: true # true by default
      name: org.akhq.log.access # Logger name
      format: "[Date: {}] [Duration: {} ms] [Url: {} {}] [Status: {}] [Ip: {}] [User: {}]" # Logger format

[tchiotludo]

are you using the standalone jar?

[jgrammen-agilitypr]

yes, I am using the stand alone jar
used the following instructions : https://akhq.io/docs/installation.html#stand-alone

[tchiotludo]

AKHQ is based on logback.
So by default all the logging is on stdout / stderr.
If you want to change this, you need to provide a custom logback configuration & launch it with :
java -Dlogback.configurationFile=/path/to/config.xml ...

[jgrammen-agilitypr]

incase anyone finds this helpful, here is the config.xml, i am using. It is probably not perfect (there is surely stuff being done incorrectly), but it might be a useful starting point.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
    <property name="LOG_PATH" value="/var/log/akhq" />

    <!-- <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
        <layout class="ch.qos.logback.classic.PatternLayout">
            <Pattern>
                %d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n
            </Pattern>
        </layout>
    </appender> -->

    <appender name="FILE-AUDIT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
        <file>${LOG_PATH}/debug.log</file>
        <encoder class="ch.qos.logback.classic.encoder.PatternLayoutEncoder">
            <Pattern>
                %d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n
            </Pattern>
        </encoder>
        <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.TimeBasedRollingPolicy">
            <!-- rollover daily -->
            <fileNamePattern>${LOG_PATH}/archived/debug.%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.%i.log</fileNamePattern>
            <timeBasedFileNamingAndTriggeringPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeAndTimeBasedFNATP">
                <maxFileSize>10MB</maxFileSize>
            </timeBasedFileNamingAndTriggeringPolicy>
        </rollingPolicy>
    </appender>

    <appender name="FILE-ERROR" class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
        <file>${LOG_PATH}/error.log</file>
        <encoder class="ch.qos.logback.classic.encoder.PatternLayoutEncoder">
            <Pattern>
                %d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n
            </Pattern>
        </encoder>
        <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.TimeBasedRollingPolicy">
            <!-- rollover daily -->
            <fileNamePattern>${LOG_PATH}/archived/error.%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.%i.log
            </fileNamePattern>
            <timeBasedFileNamingAndTriggeringPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeAndTimeBasedFNATP">
                <maxFileSize>10MB</maxFileSize>
            </timeBasedFileNamingAndTriggeringPolicy>
        </rollingPolicy>
    </appender>

    <logger name="com.akhq" level="DEBUG" additivity="false">
        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
        <appender-ref ref="FILE-AUDIT" />
    </logger>

    <root level="error">
        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
        <appender-ref ref="FILE-ERROR" />
    </root>

</configuration>

[tchiotludo]

@jgrammen-agilitypr : feel free to add a PR on /docs/, that will be more findable if you have time