# Logging Apache ActiveMQ Artemis uses the JBoss Logging framework to do its logging and is configurable via the `logging.properties` file found in the configuration directories. This is configured by Default to log to both the console and to a file. There are 6 loggers available which are as follows: <table summary="Loggers" border="1"> <colgroup> <col/> <col/> </colgroup> <thead> <tr> <th>Logger</th> <th>Logger Description</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>org.jboss.logging</td> <td>Logs any calls not handled by the Apache ActiveMQ Artemis loggers</td> </tr> <tr> <td>org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server</td> <td>Logs the core server</td> </tr> <tr> <td>org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils</td> <td>Logs utility calls</td> </tr> <tr> <td>org.apache.activemq.artemis.journal</td> <td>Logs Journal calls</td> </tr> <tr> <td>org.apache.activemq.artemis.jms</td> <td>Logs JMS calls</td> </tr> <tr> <td>org.apache.activemq.artemis.integration.bootstrap </td> <td>Logs bootstrap calls</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> : Global Configuration Properties ## Logging in a client or with an Embedded server Firstly, if you want to enable logging on the client side you need to include the JBoss logging jars in your library. If you are using maven add the following dependencies. <dependency> <groupId>org.jboss.logmanager</groupId> <artifactId>jboss-logmanager</artifactId> <version>1.5.3.Final</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId> <artifactId>activemq-core-client</artifactId> <version>1.0.0.Final</version> </dependency> There are 2 properties you need to set when starting your java program, the first is to set the Log Manager to use the JBoss Log Manager, this is done by setting the `-Djava.util.logging.manager` property i.e. `-Djava.util.logging.manager=org.jboss.logmanager.LogManager` The second is to set the location of the logging.properties file to use, this is done via the `-Dlogging.configuration` for instance `-Dlogging.configuration=file:///home/user/projects/myProject/logging.properties`. > **Note** > > The value for this needs to be valid URL The following is a typical `logging.properties for a client` # Root logger option loggers=org.jboss.logging,org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server,org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils,org.apache.activemq.artemis.journal,org.apache.activemq.artemis.jms,org.apache.activemq.artemis.ra # Root logger level logger.level=INFO # Apache ActiveMQ Artemis logger levels logger.org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.level=INFO logger.org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.level=INFO logger.org.apache.activemq.artemis.jms.level=DEBUG # Root logger handlers logger.handlers=FILE,CONSOLE # Console handler configuration handler.CONSOLE=org.jboss.logmanager.handlers.ConsoleHandler handler.CONSOLE.properties=autoFlush handler.CONSOLE.level=FINE handler.CONSOLE.autoFlush=true handler.CONSOLE.formatter=PATTERN # File handler configuration handler.FILE=org.jboss.logmanager.handlers.FileHandler handler.FILE.level=FINE handler.FILE.properties=autoFlush,fileName handler.FILE.autoFlush=true handler.FILE.fileName=activemq.log handler.FILE.formatter=PATTERN # Formatter pattern configuration formatter.PATTERN=org.jboss.logmanager.formatters.PatternFormatter formatter.PATTERN.properties=pattern formatter.PATTERN.pattern=%d{HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p [%c] %s%E%n