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Description
Due to the fast development lifecycle of Log4j 2, the configuration options documented in the configuration page and those effectively available in the code are currently out-of-sync.
The purpose of this task is to:
- check the documentation of Log4j System Properties with their usage in the code,
- if they differ, fix either the documentation page or the code,
- simplify and restructure the page.
Configuration
page outline
As agreed in the site structure document, revamp the "Configuration" page such that
- Outline:
- Supported formats
- General structure of configuration file
- How do formats map to each other?
- Basics
- Very briefly explain appender, logger, etc.
- Refer to the “Architecture” page for details
- Properties
- Mention about fuzzy matching
- List them in definition list (for main artifacts)
- Recipes
- Examples for common use cases
- Links to the “Guides” page contents
- Programmatic configuration
- Supported formats
- Fix LOG4J2-3684
- Target
2.x
, port tomain