Logback Logging

CAS does also support Logback as an alternative logging engine. At a high level, the Logback architecture is similar to that of Log4j where you have Logger, Appender and Layout components typically defined inside a logback.xml file.

Refer to the Logback documentation to learn more.

Configuration

Support is enabled by including the following dependency in the WAR overlay:

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<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apereo.cas</groupId>
    <artifactId>cas-server-support-logback</artifactId>
    <version>${cas.version}</version>
</dependency>
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implementation "org.apereo.cas:cas-server-support-logback:${project.'cas.version'}"
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dependencyManagement {
    imports {
        mavenBom "org.apereo.cas:cas-server-support-bom:${project.'cas.version'}"
    }
}

dependencies {
    implementation "org.apereo.cas:cas-server-support-logback"
}
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dependencies {
    /*
    The following platform references should be included automatically and are listed here for reference only.
            
    implementation enforcedPlatform("org.apereo.cas:cas-server-support-bom:${project.'cas.version'}")
    implementation platform(org.springframework.boot.gradle.plugin.SpringBootPlugin.BOM_COORDINATES)
    */

    implementation "org.apereo.cas:cas-server-support-logback"
}

You must also make sure the following modules and dependencies are excluded from the WAR overlay:

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configurations.all {
    exclude(group: "org.apache.logging.log4j", module: "log4j-api")
    exclude(group: "org.apache.logging.log4j", module: "log4j-jakarta-web")
    exclude(group: "org.apache.logging.log4j", module: "log4j-web")
    exclude(group: "org.apache.logging.log4j", module: "log4j-jcl")
    exclude(group: "org.apache.logging.log4j", module: "log4j-slf4j-impl")
    exclude(group: "org.apache.logging.log4j", module: "log4j-slf4j2-impl")
    
    exclude(group: "org.apereo.cas", module: "cas-server-core-logging")
}
:warning: YMMV

Logback support for Java 9 and above is still not quite finalized and released. In the WAR overlay, you may need to strictly force the Logback and Slf4j module versions to 1.2.10 and 1.7.32 respectively to get around JDK compatibility issues. This is expected to be fixed in future CAS releases once Logback is officially released and you should keep an eye out for related changes and fixes in the CAS release notes.

A sample logback.xml file follows:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration scan="true" scanPeriod="30 seconds">
    <appender name="console" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
        <layout class="ch.qos.logback.classic.PatternLayout">
            <Pattern>%white(%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss}) %highlight(%-5level) %cyan(%logger{15}) - %msg%n</Pattern>
        </layout>
    </appender>
    <logger name="org.apereo.cas" level="info" additivity="false">
        <appender-ref ref="console" />
    </logger>
    <root level="info">
        <appender-ref ref="console" />
    </root>
</configuration>
:warning: Be Careful

Sanitizing log data to remove sensitive ticket ids such as ticket-granting tickets or proxy-granting tickets is not handled by CAS when Logback is used. While this may be worked out in future releases, you should be extra careful to cleanse log data prior to sharing it with external systems such as Splunk or Syslog, etc.

The following settings and properties are available from the CAS configuration catalog:

The configuration settings listed below are tagged as Required in the CAS configuration metadata. This flag indicates that the presence of the setting may be needed to activate or affect the behavior of the CAS feature and generally should be reviewed, possibly owned and adjusted. If the setting is assigned a default value, you do not need to strictly put the setting in your copy of the configuration, but should review it nonetheless to make sure it matches your deployment expectations.

The configuration settings listed below are tagged as Optional in the CAS configuration metadata. This flag indicates that the presence of the setting is not immediately necessary in the end-user CAS configuration, because a default value is assigned or the activation of the feature is not conditionally controlled by the setting value. In other words, you should only include this field in your configuration if you need to modify the default value or if you need to turn on the feature controlled by the setting.

  • cas.logging.mdc-enabled=true
  • Allow CAS to add http request details into the logging's MDC filter. Mapped Diagnostic Context is essentially a map maintained by the logging framework where the application code provides key-value pairs which can then be inserted by the logging framework in log messages. MDC data can also be highly helpful in filtering messages or triggering certain actions.

    org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.core.logging.LoggingProperties.

    How can I configure this property?

    The configuration settings listed below are tagged as Third Party in the CAS configuration metadata. This flag indicates that the configuration setting is not controlled, owned or managed by the CAS ecosystem, and affects functionality that is offered by a third-party library, such as Spring Boot or Spring Cloud to CAS. For additional info, you might have to visit the third-party source to find more details.

  • logging.charset.console=
  • Charset to use for console output.

    How can I configure this property?

  • logging.charset.file=
  • Charset to use for file output.

    How can I configure this property?

  • logging.config=
  • Location of the logging configuration file. For instance, `classpath:logback.xml` for Logback.

    org.springframework.boot.context.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.

    How can I configure this property?

  • logging.exception-conversion-word=%wEx
  • Conversion word used when logging exceptions.

    org.springframework.boot.context.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.

    How can I configure this property?

  • logging.file=
  • Log file name (for instance, `myapp.log`). Names can be an exact location or relative to the current directory.

    How can I configure this property?

    Deprecation status is ERRORwith a replacement setting: logging.file.name.

  • logging.file.clean-history-on-start=false
  • Whether to clean the archive log files on startup. Only supported with the default logback setup.

    org.springframework.boot.context.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.

    How can I configure this property?

    Deprecation status is WARNINGwith a replacement setting: logging.logback.rollingpolicy.clean-history-on-start.

  • logging.file.max-history=7
  • Maximum number of archive log files to keep. Only supported with the default logback setup.

    org.springframework.boot.context.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.

    How can I configure this property?

    Deprecation status is WARNINGwith a replacement setting: logging.logback.rollingpolicy.max-history.

  • logging.file.max-size=10MB
  • Maximum log file size. Only supported with the default logback setup.

    org.springframework.boot.context.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.

    How can I configure this property?

    Deprecation status is WARNINGwith a replacement setting: logging.logback.rollingpolicy.max-file-size.

  • logging.file.name=
  • Log file name (for instance, `myapp.log`). Names can be an exact location or relative to the current directory.

    org.springframework.boot.context.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.

    How can I configure this property?

  • logging.file.path=
  • Location of the log file. For instance, `/var/log`.

    org.springframework.boot.context.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.

    How can I configure this property?

  • logging.file.total-size-cap=0B
  • Total size of log backups to be kept. Only supported with the default logback setup.

    org.springframework.boot.context.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.

    How can I configure this property?

    Deprecation status is WARNINGwith a replacement setting: logging.logback.rollingpolicy.total-size-cap.

  • logging.group=
  • Log groups to quickly change multiple loggers at the same time. For instance, `logging.group.db=org.hibernate,org.springframework.jdbc`.

    org.springframework.boot.context.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.

    How can I configure this property?

  • logging.include-application-name=true
  • Whether to include the application name in the logs.

    org.springframework.boot.context.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.

    How can I configure this property?

  • logging.level=
  • Log levels severity mapping. For instance, `logging.level.org.springframework=DEBUG`.

    org.springframework.boot.context.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.

    How can I configure this property?

  • logging.log4j2.config.override=
  • Overriding configuration files used to create a composite configuration.

    How can I configure this property?

  • logging.logback.rollingpolicy.clean-history-on-start=false
  • Whether to clean the archive log files on startup.

    org.springframework.boot.context.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.

    How can I configure this property?

  • logging.logback.rollingpolicy.file-name-pattern=${LOG_FILE}.%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.%i.gz
  • Pattern for rolled-over log file names.

    org.springframework.boot.context.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.

    How can I configure this property?

  • logging.logback.rollingpolicy.max-file-size=10MB
  • Maximum log file size.

    org.springframework.boot.context.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.

    How can I configure this property?

  • logging.logback.rollingpolicy.max-history=7
  • Maximum number of archive log files to keep.

    org.springframework.boot.context.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.

    How can I configure this property?

  • logging.logback.rollingpolicy.total-size-cap=0B
  • Total size of log backups to be kept.

    org.springframework.boot.context.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.

    How can I configure this property?

  • logging.path=
  • Location of the log file. For instance, `/var/log`.

    How can I configure this property?

    Deprecation status is ERRORwith a replacement setting: logging.file.path.

  • logging.pattern.console=%clr(%d{${LOG_DATEFORMAT_PATTERN:-yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSXXX}}){faint} %clr(${LOG_LEVEL_PATTERN:-%5p}) %clr(${PID:- }){magenta} %clr(---){faint} %clr([%15.15t]){faint} %clr(%-40.40logger{39}){cyan} %clr(:){faint} %m%n${LOG_EXCEPTION_CONVERSION_WORD:-%wEx}
  • Appender pattern for output to the console. Supported only with the default Logback setup.

    org.springframework.boot.context.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.

    How can I configure this property?

  • logging.pattern.correlation=
  • Appender pattern for log correlation. Supported only with the default Logback setup.

    org.springframework.boot.context.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.

    How can I configure this property?

  • logging.pattern.dateformat=yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSXXX
  • Appender pattern for log date format. Supported only with the default Logback setup.

    org.springframework.boot.context.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.

    How can I configure this property?

  • logging.pattern.file=%d{${LOG_DATEFORMAT_PATTERN:-yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSXXX}} ${LOG_LEVEL_PATTERN:-%5p} ${PID:- } --- [%t] %-40.40logger{39} : %m%n${LOG_EXCEPTION_CONVERSION_WORD:-%wEx}
  • Appender pattern for output to a file. Supported only with the default Logback setup.

    org.springframework.boot.context.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.

    How can I configure this property?

  • logging.pattern.level=%5p
  • Appender pattern for log level. Supported only with the default Logback setup.

    org.springframework.boot.context.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.

    How can I configure this property?

  • logging.pattern.rolling-file-name=${LOG_FILE}.%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.%i.gz
  • Pattern for rolled-over log file names. Supported only with the default Logback setup.

    org.springframework.boot.context.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.

    How can I configure this property?

    Deprecation status is WARNINGwith a replacement setting: logging.logback.rollingpolicy.file-name-pattern.

  • logging.register-shutdown-hook=true
  • Register a shutdown hook for the logging system when it is initialized. Disabled automatically when deployed as a war file.

    org.springframework.boot.context.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.

    How can I configure this property?

  • logging.threshold.console=TRACE
  • Log level threshold for console output.

    How can I configure this property?

  • logging.threshold.file=TRACE
  • Log level threshold for file output.

    How can I configure this property?

    Configuration Metadata

    The collection of configuration properties listed in this section are automatically generated from the CAS source and components that contain the actual field definitions, types, descriptions, modules, etc. This metadata may not always be 100% accurate, or could be lacking details and sufficient explanations.

    Be Selective

    This section is meant as a guide only. Do NOT copy/paste the entire collection of settings into your CAS configuration; rather pick only the properties that you need. Do NOT enable settings unless you are certain of their purpose and do NOT copy settings into your configuration only to keep them as reference. All these ideas lead to upgrade headaches, maintenance nightmares and premature aging.

    YAGNI

    Note that for nearly ALL use cases, declaring and configuring properties listed here is sufficient. You should NOT have to explicitly massage a CAS XML/Java/etc configuration file to design an authentication handler, create attribute release policies, etc. CAS at runtime will auto-configure all required changes for you. If you are unsure about the meaning of a given CAS setting, do NOT turn it on without hesitation. Review the codebase or better yet, ask questions to clarify the intended behavior.

    Naming Convention

    Property names can be specified in very relaxed terms. For instance cas.someProperty, cas.some-property, cas.some_property are all valid names. While all forms are accepted by CAS, there are certain components (in CAS and other frameworks used) whose activation at runtime is conditional on a property value, where this property is required to have been specified in CAS configuration using kebab case. This is both true for properties that are owned by CAS as well as those that might be presented to the system via an external library or framework such as Spring Boot, etc.

    :information_source: Note

    When possible, properties should be stored in lower-case kebab format, such as cas.property-name=value. The only possible exception to this rule is when naming actuator endpoints; The name of the actuator endpoints (i.e. ssoSessions) MUST remain in camelCase mode.

    Settings and properties that are controlled by the CAS platform directly always begin with the prefix cas. All other settings are controlled and provided to CAS via other underlying frameworks and may have their own schemas and syntax. BE CAREFUL with the distinction. Unrecognized properties are rejected by CAS and/or frameworks upon which CAS depends. This means if you somehow misspell a property definition or fail to adhere to the dot-notation syntax and such, your setting is entirely refused by CAS and likely the feature it controls will never be activated in the way you intend.

    Validation

    Configuration properties are automatically validated on CAS startup to report issues with configuration binding, specially if defined CAS settings cannot be recognized or validated by the configuration schema. Additional validation processes are also handled via Configuration Metadata and property migrations applied automatically on startup by Spring Boot and family.

    Indexed Settings

    CAS settings able to accept multiple values are typically documented with an index, such as cas.some.setting[0]=value. The index [0] is meant to be incremented by the adopter to allow for distinct multiple configuration blocks.