{"id":4132,"date":"2024-03-13T08:00:12","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T08:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-implement-logging-in-springboot\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T03:45:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T03:45:50","slug":"how-to-implement-logging-in-springboot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-implement-logging-in-springboot\/","title":{"rendered":"SpringBoot Logging Setup Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In SpringBoot, logging can be implemented using frameworks such as Logback, Log4J, and Log4J2. Typically, SpringBoot defaults to using Logback as the logging framework, so we can configure logging properties in the application.properties file to achieve logging.<\/p>\n<p>Here is an example of configuring the log properties in the application.properties file:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u8bbe\u7f6e\u65e5\u5fd7\u7ea7\u522b\u4e3aDEBUG<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-attr\">logging.level.root<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">DEBUG<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\">\r\n# \u8f93\u51fa\u65e5\u5fd7\u5230\u63a7\u5236\u53f0<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-attr\">logging.pattern.console<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\">\r\n# \u8f93\u51fa\u65e5\u5fd7\u5230\u6587\u4ef6<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-attr\">logging.file<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">myapp.log<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-attr\">logging.pattern.file<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the configuration above, we have set the log level to DEBUG, meaning all logs at and above the DEBUG level will be recorded. Additionally, we have configured the log output format to be displayed in both the console and a file.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to configuration files, we can also log messages in code using a Logger object, for example:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> org.slf4j.Logger;\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">class<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title class_\">MyService<\/span> {\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">private<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">static<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">final<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-type\">Logger<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-variable\">logger<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-operator\">=<\/span> LoggerFactory.getLogger(MyService.class);\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">void<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title function_\">doSomething<\/span><span class=\"hljs-params\">()<\/span> {\r\n        logger.debug(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Doing something...\"<\/span>);\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ do something<\/span>\r\n        logger.info(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Something has been done.\"<\/span>);\r\n    }\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>With the configuration and code provided above, we can now implement logging in our SpringBoot application. 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