No log4j2 configuration file found. Using default configuration: logging only errors to the console

Question

$ java -Dlog4j.configuration=file:///path/to/your/log4j2.xml -jar /path/to/your/jar_file.jar

Written to the console, you get

ERROR          


        

Answer 1

I am working on TestNG Maven project, This worked for me by adding tag in pom.xml, this happens to be the path of my custom configuration file log4j2.xml.

http://maven.apache.org

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      src/main/java/resources
      true
    
  
  
    
      
        org.apache.maven.plugins
        maven-surefire-plugin
        3.0.0-M3
        
          
            testng.xml