import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager; import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger; private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(YourClass.class); logger.debug("This is a debug message."); logger.info("This is an info message."); logger.warn("This is a warning message."); logger.error("This is an error message.", exception); properties log4j.rootLogger=INFO, Console, File log4j.appender.Console=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender log4j.appender.Console.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.Console.layout.conversionPattern=[%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss}] %p %m%n log4j.appender.File=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender log4j.appender.File.File=/path/to/your/log/file.log log4j.appender.File.MaxFileSize=10MB log4j.appender.File.MaxBackupIndex=5 log4j.appender.File.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.File.layout.conversionPattern=[%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss}] %p %m%n