-Dlogback.configurationFile=logback.xml ignored when running Spring-Boot

Question

We have a spring-boot 1.0.RC1 application, with logback configured for logging and a logback.xml file in src/test/resources. When we run spring-boot from maven, the logback

Answer 1

Assuming you have spring logback configurations in config directory, the command below will add external file by overriding the existing file (if any) inside the application:

java -jar -Dlogging.config=./config/logback-spring.xml app.jar --spring.config.location=./config/application.properties