Typical Steps involved in Creating Log4j Configuration file Configure the root logger - What to Log - info/debug/error/fatal messages Configure individual loggers (if needed). Specify appenders -- Where to Log -- in File/Console, etc Specify message layout/Pattern -- How to Log - format to log the message Configuring a Layout PatternLayout lets you determine how data is extracted from log events and formatted for output based on a conversion pattern. Conversion patterns act as placeholders for data that appears in each log event. For example, let’s break down a PatternLayout commonly used in Log4j: <PatternLayout pattern="%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n"/> %d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} formats the date in terms of hours, minutes, seconds, and milliseconds. %t displays the Logger’s current thread. %level displays the severity of the log event. %logger displays the name of the Logger. %m displays the event’s message. Finally, %n adds a new line for the next e...