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Sentry log4j2 appender cannot add environment

I am using the Sentry log4j appender(version: 5.7.1) to send logged exceptions to Sentry. bellow is the log4j2.xml configuration.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Configuration status="warn" packages="org.apache.logging.log4j.core,io.sentry.log4j2">
<Appenders>
<Console name="Console" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
<PatternLayout pattern="%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n"/>
</Console>
<Sentry name="Sentry"
dsn="https://dsn" />
</Appenders>
<Loggers>
<Root level="info">
<AppenderRef ref="Sentry"/>
<AppenderRef ref="Console"/>
</Root>
</Loggers>
</Configuration>
Now I need to add a specific environment in order to differentiate records based on the QA and Production environment. when I add environment="qa", it gives following error.
ERROR Sentry contains an invalid element or attribute "environment"

In Log4j2 integration, properties other than "dsn" can be configured either using:
environment variable: "SENTRY_ENVIRONMENT=qa"
system property "sentry.environment=qa"
sentry.properties file with content: environment=qa
Read more in docs: https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/java/configuration/

How to set log4j config to project's dependencies?

I am using log4j2 in my project with -Dlog4j.configurationFile=src/main/resources/log4j2.xml.
My application loggers write logs in the format specified by the configuration file.
I have other dependencies (sparkjava, hazelcast, mongodb, sql2o etc..) that also write logs, but in different format. I would like those loggers to use my log4j configuration file.
How can I do it?
EDIT:
My log4j2.xml looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Configuration status="WARN">
<Appenders>
<Console name="Console" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
<PatternLayout pattern="%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n"/>
</Console>
</Appenders>
<Loggers>
<Root level="trace">
<AppenderRef ref="Console"/>
</Root>
</Loggers>
</Configuration>
As I understand it, every log message should be relate to the root logger, and thus be formatted according to my log4j2.xml configuration file.

Add the log4j 2 jars and the adapters for other logging APIs:
log4j-api (always)
log4j-core (always)
log4j-1.2-api
log4j-jcl
log4j-slf4j-impl (do NOT add log4j-to-slf4j)
Remove other logging implementations:
log4j-1.2.x
logback-core-*
logback-classic-*
Keep the facades:
commons-logging-*
slf4j-api-*

date variable not resolve in log4j2.xml when using log4j 2.0 in standalone java app under osx

I'm using log4j 2 in my standalone java app. However, I'm struggling with the date variable in the log4j2.xml configuration. It's not getting resolved.
Here is my log4j2.xml configuration file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration status="OFF">
<appenders>
<Console name="Console" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
<PatternLayout pattern="%d [%t] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n"/>
</Console>
<File name="File" fileName="logs/Server-${date}.log">
<PatternLayout pattern="%d [%t] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n"/>
</File>
</appenders>
<loggers>
<root level="all">
<appender-ref ref="Console"/>
<appender-ref ref="File"/>
</root>
</loggers>
</configuration>
However, the log file that gets created is: Server-${date}.log
My app runs under OSX, not sure that is the cause.
Thanks guys.

From the Property Substitution chapter in the Log4j2 Configuration Page
date: Inserts the current date and/or time using the specified format
So you just have to add a date format to your property.
... <File name="File" fileName="logs/Server-${date:yyyy-MM-dd}.log"> ...
The name of your file would be Server-2014-05-06.log.
You can visit the SimpleDateFormat class from the Java Api to see all formatting possibilities.

log4j2.xml is not loading in eclipse

I'm fairly new to log4j. Trying to use log4j2.xml to configure. I added the file to the build path and it worked once, but is no longer working.
This is my log4j2.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
<appenders>
<Console name="Console" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
<PatternLayout pattern="%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n"/>
</Console>
</appenders>
<loggers>
<root level="TRACE">
<appender-ref ref="Console"/>
</root>
</loggers>
</configuration>
I stripped it down, just to test it to get it working. I checked debug, and the logger config is using Default.
I also tried naming the file log4j2-test.xml.
Any ideas?
Thanks

Since you uses "servlets" as the tag, I assume you are working in a web application. You need to place your log4j.xml into a location that your web application classloader can find. For example, the WEB-INF/classes directory.

Disabling Log4J Output in Java

How can one quickly turn off all Log4J output using a log4j.properties file?

Set level to OFF
(instead of DEBUG, INFO, ....)

If you want to turn off logging programmatically then use
List<Logger> loggers = Collections.<Logger>list(LogManager.getCurrentLoggers());
loggers.add(LogManager.getRootLogger());
for ( Logger logger : loggers ) {
logger.setLevel(Level.OFF);
}

log4j.rootLogger=OFF

You can change the level to OFF which should get rid of all logging. According to the log4j website, valid levels in order of importance are TRACE, DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR, FATAL. There is one undocumented level called OFF which is a higher level than FATAL, and turns off all logging.
You can also create an extra root logger to log nothing (level OFF), so that you can switch root loggers easily. Here's a post to get you started on that.
You might also want to read the Log4J FAQ, because I think turning off all logging may not help. It will certainly not speed up your app that much, because logging code is executed anyway, up to the point where log4j decides that it doesn't need to log this entry.

In addition, it is also possible to turn logging off programmatically:
Logger.getRootLogger().setLevel(Level.OFF);
Or
Logger.getRootLogger().removeAllAppenders();
Logger.getRootLogger().addAppender(new NullAppender());
These use imports:
import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
import org.apache.log4j.Level;
import org.apache.log4j.NullAppender;

Change level to what you want. (I am using Log4j2, version 2.6.2). This is simplest way, change to <Root level="off">
For example: File log4j2.xml
Development environment
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Configuration status="WARN">
<Appenders>
<Console name="Console" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
<PatternLayout pattern="%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n"/>
</Console>
<Console name="SimpleConsole" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
<PatternLayout pattern="%msg%n"/>
</Console>
</Appenders>
<Loggers>
<Root level="error">
<AppenderRef ref="Console"/>
</Root>
</Loggers>
<Loggers>
<Root level="info">
<AppenderRef ref="SimpleConsole"/>
</Root>
</Loggers>
</Configuration>
Production environment
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Configuration status="WARN">
<Appenders>
<Console name="Console" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
<PatternLayout pattern="%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n"/>
</Console>
<Console name="SimpleConsole" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
<PatternLayout pattern="%msg%n"/>
</Console>
</Appenders>
<Loggers>
<Root level="off">
<AppenderRef ref="Console"/>
</Root>
</Loggers>
<Loggers>
<Root level="off">
<AppenderRef ref="SimpleConsole"/>
</Root>
</Loggers>
</Configuration>