Describe NTEventLogAppender here. Log4j NT Event log setup
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\[http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/apidocs/org/apache/log4j/nt/NTEventLogAppender.html\] |
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Log4j.xml setup - Example
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<appender name="NT_LOG" class="org.apache.log4j.nt.NTEventLogAppender">
<param name="Source" value="demo"/>
<layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
<param name="ConversionPattern"
value="%-5p-%d{dd MMM yyyy-HH:mm:ss,SSS}-%C.%M:%L)%m%n"/>
</layout>
</appender>
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DLL Setup Get the .zip file for your version of log4j (i.e. 1.2.17) and download the .zip file (NOT the .jar file)
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\[http://archive.apache.org/dist/logging/log4j/1.2.17/\] |
Open the .zip file and ...
Copy the appropriate dll into the %SystemRoot%\System32 folder
For 64-bit OS
%SystemRoot%\System32\NTEventLogAppender.amd64.dll
For 32-bit OS
%SystemRoot%\System32\NTEventLogAppender.dll
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Regedit setup Create a new “Key” here:
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HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\eventlog\Application\<APPLICATION_NAME> |
Create a new “String”
EventMessageFile = <dll name>
For 64-bit OS EventMessageFile = %SystemRoot%\System32\NTEventLogAppender.amd64.dll
For 32-bit OS EventMessageFile = %SystemRoot%\System32\NTEventLogAppender.dll
Misc. links:
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\[http://code.dblock.org/log4jna-log4jerror-could-not-register-event-source-access-is-denied\] |
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\[http://code.dblock.org/log4jna-the-description-for-event-id-4096-from-source-log4jna-cannot-be-found\] |
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NT Event logger info. \[http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/faq.html#a2.10 \] |