Use logback config file not on classpath for spring boot application

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I have a simple application with a simple logback.xml file, which I do not wish to put on the classpath. I can guarantee that it will be present where the application is run from, though.

I tried --logging.config=file:./logback.xml, but spring does not seem to honor the setting. What is the recommended way to achieve this? Thanks!

Sprinboot made it very easy to write logs to external files. Just change the path from whitin the application.properties file. See my answer here stackoverflow.com/questions/38527175/… — AchillesVan
– AchillesVan, Commented Jul 26, 2016 at 9:15
@Georgesvanhoutte: I was trying to specify the location of the config file, not the output file. — mac01021
– mac01021, Commented Jul 27, 2016 at 11:49
Ok. Then you should override Spring Boot auto-configuration with explicit configuration like @PropertySource annotation; See doc : docs.spring.io/spring/docs/current/javadoc-api/org/… — AchillesVan
– AchillesVan, Commented Jul 27, 2016 at 12:41

G. Demecki · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-22 15:18:56Z

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It should be easy, as Logback has a feature for this purpose:

java -Dlogback.configurationFile=/path/to/config.xml ...

You can read more in the logback documentation.

answered Jul 22, 2016 at 15:18

G. Demecki

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