Log4j2 configuration not found when running standalone application built by shade plugin
ok I found this issue about this problem.
In short, the problem arises when application classes are packaged in uber jar using maven shade plugin.
While for log4j2
version 2.8.1
the fix is still pending, the suggested workaround is to update maven pom.xml
with extra configuration settings for shade plugin as follow:
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
. . . . .
<build>
. . . . .
<plugins>
. . . . .
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.4.1</version>
<configuration>
<filters>
<filter>
<artifact>*:*</artifact>
<excludes>
<exclude>META-INF/*.SF</exclude>
<exclude>META-INF/*.DSA</exclude>
<exclude>META-INF/*.RSA</exclude>
</excludes>
</filter>
</filters>
<transformers>
<transformer
implementation="com.github.edwgiz.mavenShadePlugin.log4j2CacheTransformer.PluginsCacheFileTransformer"/>
</transformers>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>shade</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.github.edwgiz</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-shade-plugin.log4j2-cachefile-transformer</artifactId>
<version>2.1</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</plugin>
. . . . .
</plugins>
. . . . .
</build>
. . . . .
<pluginRepositories>
<pluginRepository>
<id>oss.sonatype.org</id>
<name>OSS Sonatype Staging</name>
<url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/groups/staging</url>
</pluginRepository>
</pluginRepositories>
. . . . .
</project>
Please refer this for the complete example of pom.file.
In addition to the answer given by @hudi, we need to add dependencies inside the plugin for the transformation.
<build>
<sourceDirectory>src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
<resources>
<resource>
<directory>src/main/resources</directory>
</resource>
</resources>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.4.1</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>shade</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<transformers>
<transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
<manifestEntries>
<Main-Class>com.auto.facade.RunMain</Main-Class>
<Build-Number>123</Build-Number>
</manifestEntries>
</transformer>
<transformer implementation="com.github.edwgiz.mavenShadePlugin.log4j2CacheTransformer.PluginsCacheFileTransformer" />
</transformers>
<filters>
<filter>
<artifact>*:*</artifact>
<excludes>
<exclude>META-INF/*.SF</exclude>
<exclude>META-INF/*.DSA</exclude>
<exclude>META-INF/*.RSA</exclude>
</excludes>
</filter>
</filters>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.github.edwgiz</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-shade-plugin.log4j2-cachefile-transformer</artifactId>
<version>2.6.1</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.7</source>
<target>1.7</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>