how do I change log level in runtime without restarting spring boot application

Question

I have deployed springboot application in PCF . I want to log the message based on the environment variable .What should I do so that the run time log level change will work

Answer 1

You can also add a settings page in the web service to update the log level. This can then be done using ajax. The following example includes login and csrf token:

First, add some form to specify the new log level. Can be improved for example by using a select element.

    
    
    Submit

Then, the request is sent:

function submitLogLevelChange() {
    var className = document.getElementById('logClassName').value;
    var logLevel = document.getElementById("logLevel").value;
    $.ajax({
        // Set up security, see below.
        beforeSend: setHeader,
        type: 'POST',
        // specify the logger to be modified
        url: "/loggers/" + className,
        // specify the new log level
        data: '{"configuredLevel":"' + logLevel + '"}',
        contentType: 'application/json',
        processData: false,
        }).done(function(data, textStatus, jqXHR) {
            if (jqXHR.status === 200) {
                // Happy
            } else if (jqXHR.status === 401) {
                // Logged out or not enough user rights
            } else {
                //Some other problem
            }
        })
        .fail(function(jqXHR, textStatus ) {
            if (jqXHR.status === 200) {
                // Actually was successful, FireFox has some issues...
            } else {
                // Failure
            }
        });
    }

The following function injects the csrf token to the POST request:

function setHeader(xhr) {
  var token = $("meta[name='_csrf']").attr("content");
  var header = $("meta[name='_csrf_header']").attr("content");
  xhr.setRequestHeader(header, token);
}