log4j.rootLogger=INFO, stdout log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n import org.apache.log4j.Logger; private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(YourClassName.class); log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG, stdout, file log4j.appender.file=org.apache.log4j.FileAppender log4j.appender.file.File=log.out log4j.appender.file.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.file.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n