conf/logback.xml

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<!--
In order to disable debug.log, comment-out the ASYNCDEBUGLOG
appender reference in the root level section below.
-->

<configuration scan="true">
  <jmxConfigurator />

  <!-- No shutdown hook; we run it ourselves in StorageService after shutdown -->

  <!-- SYSTEMLOG rolling file appender to system.log (INFO level) -->

  <appender name="SYSTEMLOG" class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
    <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.ThresholdFilter">
      <level>INFO</level>
    </filter>
    <file>${cassandra.logdir}/system.log</file>
    <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.FixedWindowRollingPolicy">
      <fileNamePattern>${cassandra.logdir}/system.log.%i.zip</fileNamePattern>
      <minIndex>1</minIndex>
      <maxIndex>20</maxIndex>
    </rollingPolicy>
    <triggeringPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy">
      <maxFileSize>20MB</maxFileSize>
    </triggeringPolicy>
    <encoder>
      <pattern>%-5level [%thread] %date{ISO8601} %F:%L - %msg%n</pattern>
    </encoder>
  </appender>

  <!-- DEBUGLOG rolling file appender to debug.log (all levels) -->

  <appender name="DEBUGLOG" class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
    <file>${cassandra.logdir}/debug.log</file>
    <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.FixedWindowRollingPolicy">
      <fileNamePattern>${cassandra.logdir}/debug.log.%i.zip</fileNamePattern>
      <minIndex>1</minIndex>
      <maxIndex>20</maxIndex>
    </rollingPolicy>
    <triggeringPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy">
      <maxFileSize>20MB</maxFileSize>
    </triggeringPolicy>
    <encoder>
      <pattern>%-5level [%thread] %date{ISO8601} %F:%L - %msg%n</pattern>
    </encoder>
  </appender>

  <!-- ASYNCLOG assynchronous appender to debug.log (all levels) -->

  <appender name="ASYNCDEBUGLOG" class="ch.qos.logback.classic.AsyncAppender">
    <queueSize>1024</queueSize>
    <discardingThreshold>0</discardingThreshold>
    <includeCallerData>true</includeCallerData>
    <appender-ref ref="DEBUGLOG" />
  </appender>

  <!-- STDOUT console appender to stdout (INFO level) -->

  <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
    <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.ThresholdFilter">
      <level>INFO</level>
    </filter>
    <encoder>
      <pattern>%-5level [%thread] %date{ISO8601} %F:%L - %msg%n</pattern>
    </encoder>
  </appender>

  <!-- Uncomment bellow and corresponding appender-ref to activate logback metrics
  <appender name="LogbackMetrics" class="com.codahale.metrics.logback.InstrumentedAppender" />
   -->

  <root level="INFO">
    <appender-ref ref="SYSTEMLOG" />
    <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
    <appender-ref ref="ASYNCDEBUGLOG" /> <!-- Comment this line to disable debug.log -->
    <!--
    <appender-ref ref="LogbackMetrics" />
    -->
  </root>

  <logger name="org.apache.cassandra" level="DEBUG"/>
  <logger name="com.thinkaurelius.thrift" level="ERROR"/>
</configuration>