[opencms-dev] Configuration problems after changing loggingconfiguration

[Alexander Kandzior]

You need to point to the log4j config file opencms should use, e.g.:

log.log4j.configuration=\opt\tomcat\conf\log4j.conf

Best Regards,
Alex.

Alexander Kandzior
Alkacon Software - The OpenCms Experts
http://www.alkacon.com

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org 
> [mailto:opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org] On Behalf Of Erik-Jan Spaans
> Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 9:59 PM
> To: opencms-dev at opencms.org
> Subject: [opencms-dev] Configuration problems after changing 
> loggingconfiguration
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> After installation of OpenCMS 6 beta 1 (what a smooth installation
> procedure!) on Tomcat 5.0.24. my OpenCMS instance worked just fine.
> Now I changed the opencms.properties file as follows ...
> old:
> log.log4j.configuration=this
> new:
> log.log4j.configuration=
> ...
> So I left it blank, as the documentation suggests, to be able 
> to configure log4j elsewhere (in common/classes to be precise).
> As a result (apparently), the OpenCMSServlet fails to 
> startup. When accessing a resource, e.g. 
> http://localhost:8080/opencms/opencms, an HTTP Status 500 
> error message is shown, reading: "OpenCms not properly configured".
> When accessing another resource in the opencms webapp, e.g. 
> http://localhost:8080/opencms/setup, the setup wizard shows 
> up as expected. So the webapplication is more or less 
> deployed OK, only the OpenCmsServlet is not.
> 
> Anybody any idea wether my change could cause the 
> OpenCmsServlet not to start up as it should? I looked into 
> the source and saw that parsing the properties file (and of 
> course the logging properties in there) plays an important 
> role in initing the OpenCmsServlet, so sth. might go wrong there....
> 
> Best regards,
> EJ
> 
> 
> 
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