Spring Boot Tips : Part 3 - How to implement Logging in SpringBoot applications

Logging is a very common and important requirement for any application.
SpringBoot is all about making it easy to implement those common requirements. So, in this video let’s explore how to implement Logging in SpringBoot applications.

#sivalabs #java #springboot #tips #logging

We will learn about:
1. Default logging support
2. Various logging customisation options
3. Using MDC
4. Using SpringBoot Logback extension
5. Logging Best Practices

Timestamps
00:00 Intro to SpringBoot Tips Part 3 - Logging
05:22 Project Setup
06:50 SpringBoot Logback AutoConfiguration
11:35 Customising logging configuration via properties
16:59 Working with MDC (Mapped Diagnostic Context)
30:46 Using Logback Spring Extension
37:17 Using Log4j2 instead of Logback
38:48 Logging BestPractices

[fatemehsalem]

I've been a Java developer for 7 years, but I learn so much from your videos. They are top-notch for learning. Thank you

[padmanaresh]

Even experienced java developers can learn a lot from your videos

[sreekarswarnapuri]

Tip - If you want your IntelliJ console to show colorized output as in the video add the property to the application.properties file -

[omkar.at.office]

I learnt something new today. Thanks for the wonderful tutorial.

[sudhakarvenkatraman]

Very informative video about logging, Siva. You could have explained bit about log4j vulnerability too.

[vivekguptacs]

How to generate traceid and span id and how it will print in log using spring boot3+ micrometer

[vijaydhanakodi]

Hi siva,
I have been following you for a while. By any chance is there a place where you have organized all your learning notes?

[hpawan]

For verbose method calls, wont it be better to use a supplier instead of checking for isDebugEnabled() for log4j? Thanks for the video, very helpful.

[roshangraikar]

Hello, does it matter where we place logback.xml file? Do we need to configure some setting to point to the file location? Or spring boot is intelligent enough to identify logback.xml as far as the name syntax is correct?