Locate the following file: c:\starthis_demo\jboss-3.2.7\server\default\conf\log4j.xml.

It is assumed that you have installed JBoss in the location c:\starthis_demo\jboss-3.2.7

Open log4j.xml file using an XML editor of your choice. Remember that double clicking on an XML file will open it in Internet Explorer which will not allow editing unless you already have associated XML files with an application of your choice that allows you to perform changes.

You could right-click on the XML file and choose Wordpad as a program to open the file with.

Now locate the following line by searching for it.

<log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/" debug="false">

Immediately after this line, introduce a carriage return by pressing the ENTER key and then copy-paste the following as shown in Figure 4.1, “Editing the log4j.xml file: screenshot I”.

<appender name="SFILE" class="org.apache.log4j.FileAppender">
    <param name="threshold" value="info"/>
    <param name="Append" value="false"/>
    <param name="File" value="c:/log/starthis-ejb.log"/>
    <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
      <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%r %-5p [%c{1}] {%t} %m%n"/>
    </layout>
  </appender>

  <category name="com.starthis">
  	<level value="info"/>
  	<appender-ref ref="SFILE"/>
  </category>

Figure 4.1. Editing the log4j.xml file: screenshot I

Note that in the figure above, text enclosed within <!-- and --> are comments.

Now locate the following line.

<root>

Immediately after this line, press the Enter key to introduce a carriage return and then add the following as shown in Figure 4.2, “Editing the log4j.xml file: screenshot II”.

<appender-ref ref="SFILE"/>

Figure 4.2. Editing the log4j.xml file: screenshot II

Note that in the figure above, text enclosed within <!-- and --> are comments.

Save the changes that you just made to log4j.xml and close the file.