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Generic Log Ingest Log4j2 Appender](icon.png)\n# Dynatrace Generic Log Ingest Log4j2 Appender\nLog4j2 Appender \u0026 Lookup to integrate Java applications with _Dynatrace Generic Log Ingest_ functionality.\n\nLast stable version: _0.0.8_\n\nTo make it works you have to provide two parameters:\n- `activeGateUrl` - URL to ActiveGate instance with Generic Log Ingest module enabled\n- `token` - valid token with _Log Import_ permission enabled\n- `sslValidation` - SSL certificate has to be valid. _false_ value will pass self-signed certificates. 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%msg\"/\u003e\n\t\t\u003c/DynatraceGenericLogIngestAppender\u003e\n\t\t\u003cConsole name=\"console\" target=\"SYSTEM_OUT\"\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003cPatternLayout pattern=\"%d{yyyy.MM.dd HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{1.} - %msg%n\"/\u003e\n\t\t\u003c/Console\u003e\n\t\u003c/Appenders\u003e\n\t\u003cLoggers\u003e\n\t\t\u003cRoot level=\"info\"\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003cAppenderRef ref=\"console\"/\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003cAppenderRef ref=\"myAppender\"/\u003e\n\t\t\u003c/Root\u003e\n\t\u003c/Loggers\u003e\n\u003c/Configuration\u003e\n```\n\n\nSimple configuration with three additional attributes (will be part of the log) and custom layout for a message:\n```xml\n\u003c?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?\u003e\n\u003cConfiguration\u003e\n\t\u003cAppenders\u003e\n\t\t\u003cDynatraceGenericLogIngestAppender name=\"myAppender\"\n\t\t\t\tactiveGateUrl=\"https://{ACTIVE_GATE_URL}/api/v2/logs/ingest\"\n\t\t\t\ttoken=\"{TOKEN_WITH_LOG_IMPORT_PERMISSION}\"\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003cProperty name=\"service.name\"\u003eLog4j2 Appender Tester\u003c/Property\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003cProperty name=\"dt.os.type\"\u003e${java:os}\u003c/Property\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003cProperty name=\"dt.logpath\"\u003e${sys:user.dir}/debug.log\u003c/Property\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003cPatternLayout pattern=\"[%t] %-5level %logger - %msg\"/\u003e\n\t\t\u003c/DynatraceGenericLogIngestAppender\u003e\n\t\u003c/Appenders\u003e\n\t\u003cLoggers\u003e\n\t\t\u003cRoot level=\"info\"\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003cAppenderRef ref=\"myAppender\"/\u003e\n\t\t\u003c/Root\u003e\n\t\u003c/Loggers\u003e\n\u003c/Configuration\u003e\n```\n\nSimple configuration with three additional attributes, lookup attributes from _DynatraceLookup_ and custom layout for a message:\n```xml\n\u003c?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?\u003e\n\u003cConfiguration\u003e\n\t\u003cAppenders\u003e\n\t\t\u003cDynatraceGenericLogIngestAppender name=\"myAppender\"\n\t\t\t\tactiveGateUrl=\"https://{ACTIVE_GATE_URL}/api/v2/logs/ingest\"\n\t\t\t\ttoken=\"{TOKEN_WITH_LOG_IMPORT_PERMISSION}\"\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003cProperty name=\"service.name\"\u003eLog4j2 Appender Tester\u003c/Property\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003cProperty name=\"dt.os.type\"\u003e${java:os}\u003c/Property\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003cProperty name=\"log.source\"\u003e${sys:user.dir}/debug.log\u003c/Property\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003cProperty name=\"dt.entity.process_group_instance\"\u003e${dt:dt.entity.process_group_instance}\u003c/Property\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003cProperty name=\"dt.entity.host\"\u003e${dt:dt.entity.host}\u003c/Property\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003cPatternLayout pattern=\"[%t] %-5level %logger - 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