$ java -Dlog4j.configuration=file:///path/to/your/log4j2.xml -jar /path/to/your/jar_file.jar
Written to the console, you get
ERROR
I use hive jdbc in a java maven project and have the same issues.
My method is to add a log4j2.xml file under src/main/java/resources
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
public class MyClassName {
private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MyClassName.class);
}
log4j2.xml