Logback error messages and their meanings

  1. contextSelector cannot be null
  2. The FileNamePattern option must be set before using TimeBasedRollingPolicy or FixedWindowRollingPolicy
  3. The File name option must be set before FixedWindowRollingPolicy
  4. No remote host or address is set for SocketAppender
  5. No remote port is set for SocketAppender
  6. No Layout is set for appender
  7. Specified number is not in proper int form, or not expected format.
  8. No TriggeringPolicy was set for the RollingFileAppender
  9. No RollingPolicy was set for the RollingFileAppender

Error codes and their meanings

contextSelector cannot be null
The FileNamePattern option must be set before using TimeBasedRollingPolicy or FixedWindowRollingPolicy

The FileNamePattern option for both TimeBasedRollingPolicy and FixedWindowRollingPolicy is mandatory.

See the FixedWindowRollingPolicy javadoc for more information.

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The File name option must be set before FixedWindowRollingPolicy

The File option is mandatory with FixedWindowRollingPolicy. Moreover, the File option must be set before the declaration configuring FixedWindowRollingPolicy.

See the logback manual's chapter about FixedWindowRollingPolicy for more information.

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No remote host or address is set for SocketAppender

A remote host or address is mandatory for SocketAppender.

You can specify the remote host in the configuration file like this:

<appender name="SOCKET" class="ch.qos.logback.classic.net.SocketAppender">
  ...
  <param name="remoteHost" value="127.0.0.1"></param>
  ...
</appender>
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No remote port is set for SocketAppender

A remote port is mandatory for SocketAppender.

You can specify the remote port in the configuration file like this:

<appender name="SOCKET" class="ch.qos.logback.classic.net.SocketAppender">
  ...
  <param name="port" value="4560"></param>
  ...
</appender>
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No Layout is set for appender

A Layout is mandatory for SMTPAppender . It allows the appender format the logging events before sending the email. Two layouts are often used with SMTPAppender : PatternLayout and HTMLLayout .

You can specify the Layout in the configuration file like this:

<appender name="SMTP" class="ch.qos.logback.classic.net.SMTPAppender">
  ...
  <layout class="ch.qos.logback.classic.PatternLayout">
  <param name="pattern" value="%-4relative [%thread] %-5level %class - %msg%n"></param>
 </layout>
  ...
</appender>

You can see more examples in the HTMLLayout javadoc and the PatternLayout javadoc

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Specified number is not in proper int form, or not expected format.

When you specify the MaxFileSize to be used by the SizeBasedRollingPolicy, logback expects a rather precise format:

  • The number has to be an integer
  • You can add 'KB', 'MB' or 'GB' after the number.

Here are some correct values: 500KB, 15MB, 2GB.

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No TriggeringPolicy was set for the RollingFileAppender.

The RollingFileAppender must be set up with a TriggeringPolicy. It permits the Appender to know when the rollover must be activated.

To find more information about TriggeringPolicy objects, please read the following javadocs:

Please note that the TimeBasedRollingPolicy is a TriggeringPolicy and and RollingPolicy at the same time.

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No RollingPolicy was set for the RollingFileAppender.

The RollingFileAppender must be set up with a RollingPolicy. It permits the Appender to know what to do when a rollover is requested.

To find more information about RollingPolicy objects, please read the following javadocs:

Please note that the TimeBasedRollingPolicy is a TriggeringPolicy and and RollingPolicy at the same time.

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