Normally a quick check of the log4j's property file would give you the answer, but in this case there was a third party application that had multiple ways of defining the log level both at startup and then runtime.
After a quick search I found this blog post: http://nelz.net/2008/04/08/log4j-runtime-configuration/
This will not only show you the runtime value of the loggers but also enable you to change this without require a restart of the application.
In order to rename log4jAdmin.jsp, grab it from the blog and perform the following steps:
Find: "/log4jAdmin.jsp
Replace with: request.getContextPath() + request.getServletPath() + "
Find: log4jAdmin.jsp
Replace with: <%=request.getContextPath() + request.getServletPath() %>
Screenshot:
The JSP with the customisations:
<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html;charset=UTF-8" %>
<%@ page import="org.apache.log4j.Level" %>
<%@ page import="org.apache.log4j.LogManager" %>
<%@ page import="org.apache.log4j.Logger" %>
<%@ page import="java.util.HashMap" %>
<%@ page import="java.util.Enumeration" %>
<%@ page import="java.util.Set" %>
<%@ page import="java.util.Arrays" %>
<% long beginPageLoadTime = System.currentTimeMillis();%>
<html>
<head>
<title>Log4J Administration</title>
<style type="text/css">
<!--
#content {
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
text-align: center;
background-color: #ccc;
border: 1px solid #000;
width: 100%;
}
body {
position: relative;
margin: 10px;
padding: 0px;
color: #333;
}
h1 {
margin-top: 20px;
font: 1.5em Verdana, Arial, Helvetica sans-serif;
}
h2 {
margin-top: 10px;
font: 0.75em Verdana, Arial, Helvetica sans-serif;
text-align: left;
}
a, a:link, a:visited, a:active {
color: red;
text-decoration: none;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
table {
width: 100%;
background-color: #000;
padding: 3px;
border: 0px;
}
th {
font-size: 0.75em;
background-color: #ccc;
color: #000;
padding-left: 5px;
text-align: center;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
white-space: nowrap;
}
td {
font-size: 0.75em;
background-color: #fff;
white-space: nowrap;
}
td.center {
font-size: 0.75em;
background-color: #fff;
text-align: center;
white-space: nowrap;
}
.filterForm {
font-size: 0.9em;
background-color: #000;
color: #fff;
padding-left: 5px;
text-align: left;
border: 1px solid #000;
white-space: nowrap;
}
.filterText {
font-size: 0.75em;
background-color: #fff;
color: #000;
text-align: left;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
white-space: nowrap;
}
.filterButton {
font-size: 0.75em;
background-color: #000;
color: #fff;
padding-left: 5px;
padding-right: 5px;
text-align: center;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
width: 100px;
white-space: nowrap;
}
-->
</style>
</head>
<body onLoad="javascript:document.logFilterForm.logNameFilter.focus();">
<%
String containsFilter = "Contains";
String beginsWithFilter = "Begins With";
String[] logLevels = {"debug", "info", "warn", "error", "fatal", "off"};
String targetOperation = (String) request.getParameter("operation");
String targetLogger = (String) request.getParameter("logger");
String targetLogLevel = (String) request.getParameter("newLogLevel");
String logNameFilter = (String) request.getParameter("logNameFilter");
String logNameFilterType = (String) request.getParameter("logNameFilterType");
%>
<div id="content">
<h1>Log4J Administration</h1>
<div class="filterForm">
<form action="<%=request.getContextPath() + request.getServletPath() %>" name="logFilterForm">
Filter Loggers:
<input name="logNameFilter" type="text" size="50" value="<%=(logNameFilter == null ? "":logNameFilter)%>"
class="filterText"/>
<input name="logNameFilterType" type="submit" value="<%=beginsWithFilter%>" class="filterButton"/>
<input name="logNameFilterType" type="submit" value="<%=containsFilter%>" class="filterButton"/>
<input name="logNameClear" type="button" value="Clear" class="filterButton"
onmousedown='javascript:document.logFilterForm.logNameFilter.value="";'/>
<input name="logNameReset" type="reset" value="Reset" class="filterButton"/>
<param name="operation" value="changeLogLevel"/>
</form>
</div>
<table cellspacing="1">
<tr>
<th width="25%">Logger</th>
<th width="25%">Parent Logger</th>
<th width="15%">Effective Level</th>
<th width="35%">Change Log Level To</th>
</tr>
<%
Enumeration loggers = LogManager.getCurrentLoggers();
HashMap loggersMap = new HashMap(128);
Logger rootLogger = LogManager.getRootLogger();
if (!loggersMap.containsKey(rootLogger.getName())) {
loggersMap.put(rootLogger.getName(), rootLogger);
}
while (loggers.hasMoreElements()) {
Logger logger = (Logger) loggers.nextElement();
if (logNameFilter == null || logNameFilter.trim().length() == 0) {
loggersMap.put(logger.getName(), logger);
} else if (containsFilter.equals(logNameFilterType)) {
if (logger.getName().toUpperCase().indexOf(logNameFilter.toUpperCase()) >= 0) {
loggersMap.put(logger.getName(), logger);
}
} else {
// Either was no filter in IF, contains filter in ELSE IF, or begins with in ELSE
if (logger.getName().startsWith(logNameFilter)) {
loggersMap.put(logger.getName(), logger);
}
}
}
Set loggerKeys = loggersMap.keySet();
String[] keys = new String[loggerKeys.size()];
keys = (String[]) loggerKeys.toArray(keys);
Arrays.sort(keys, String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER);
for (int i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
Logger logger = (Logger) loggersMap.get(keys[i]);
// MUST CHANGE THE LOG LEVEL ON LOGGER BEFORE GENERATING THE LINKS AND THE
// CURRENT LOG LEVEL OR DISABLED LINK WON'T MATCH THE NEWLY CHANGED VALUES
if ("changeLogLevel".equals(targetOperation) && targetLogger.equals(logger.getName())) {
Logger selectedLogger = (Logger) loggersMap.get(targetLogger);
selectedLogger.setLevel(Level.toLevel(targetLogLevel));
}
String loggerName = null;
String loggerEffectiveLevel = null;
String loggerParent = null;
if (logger != null) {
loggerName = logger.getName();
loggerEffectiveLevel = String.valueOf(logger.getEffectiveLevel());
loggerParent = (logger.getParent() == null ? null : logger.getParent().getName());
}
%>
<tr>
<td><%=loggerName%></td>
<td><%=loggerParent%></td>
<td><%=loggerEffectiveLevel%></td>
<td class="center">
<%
for (int cnt = 0; cnt < logLevels.length; cnt++) {
String url = request.getContextPath() + request.getServletPath() +
"?operation=changeLogLevel&logger=" + loggerName + "&newLogLevel=" + logLevels[cnt] +
"&logNameFilter=" + (logNameFilter != null ? logNameFilter : "") +
"&logNameFilterType=" + (logNameFilterType != null ? logNameFilterType : "");
if (logger.getLevel() == Level.toLevel(logLevels[cnt]) ||
logger.getEffectiveLevel() == Level.toLevel(logLevels[cnt])) {
%>
[<%=logLevels[cnt].toUpperCase()%>]
<%
} else {
%>
<a href='<%=url%>'>[<%=logLevels[cnt]%>]</a>
<%
}
}
%>
</td>
</tr>
<%
}
%>
</table>
<h2>
Revision: 1.0<br/>
Page Load Time (Millis): <%=(System.currentTimeMillis() - beginPageLoadTime)%>
</h2>
</div>
</body>
</html>
