Logback awslogs JSON encoder

Logback encoder for producing JSON output that is handled by AWS CloudWatch Logs Insights. This library has no external dependencies and thus very light footprint.

Latest release

The most recent release is 1.0.0, released December 9, 2018.

To add a dependency using Maven, use the following:

<dependency>
    <groupId>de.siegmar</groupId>
    <artifactId>logback-awslogs-json-encoder</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.0</version>
</dependency>

To add a dependency using Gradle:

dependencies {
    compile 'de.siegmar:logback-awslogs-json-encoder:1.0.0'
}

Features

Forwarding of MDC (Mapped Diagnostic Context)
Forwarding of caller data
Forwarding of static fields
Forwarding of exception root cause
No runtime dependencies beside Logback

Requirements

Java 8
Logback 1.2.3

Prerequisites

Ensure that the task definition of your ECS task uses the awslogs log driver with the option awslogs-datetime-format set to %Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f%z.

A full example (excerpt from a full task definition JSON) could look like this:

{
  "logConfiguration": {
    "logDriver": "awslogs",
    "options": {
      "awslogs-group": "myloggroup",
      "awslogs-region": "eu-central-1",
      "awslogs-datetime-format": "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f%z"
    }
  }
}

Example

Simple configuration:

<configuration>

    <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
        <encoder class="de.siegmar.logbackawslogsjsonencoder.AwsJsonLogEncoder"/>
    </appender>

    <root level="DEBUG">
        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
    </root>

</configuration>

Enhanced configuration:

<configuration>

    <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
        <encoder class="de.siegmar.logbackawslogsjsonencoder.AwsJsonLogEncoder">
            <includeRawMessage>false</includeRawMessage>
            <includeMarker>true</includeMarker>
            <includeMdcData>true</includeMdcData>
            <includeCallerData>false</includeCallerData>
            <includeRootCauseData>false</includeRootCauseData>
            <messageLayout class="ch.qos.logback.classic.PatternLayout">
                <pattern>%m%nopex</pattern>
            </messageLayout>
            <fullMessageLayout class="ch.qos.logback.classic.PatternLayout">
                <pattern>%m%n</pattern>
            </fullMessageLayout>
            <staticField>app_name:backend</staticField>
            <staticField>os_arch:${os.arch}</staticField>
            <staticField>os_name:${os.name}</staticField>
            <staticField>os_version:${os.version}</staticField>
        </encoder>
    </appender>

    <root level="DEBUG">
        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
    </root>

</configuration>

Configuration

de.siegmar.logbackawslogsjsonencoder.AwsJsonLogEncoder

includeRawMessage: If true, the raw message (with argument placeholders) will be included, too. Default: false.
includeMarker: If true, logback markers will be included, too. Default: true.
includeMdcData: If true, MDC keys/values will be included, too. Default: true.
includeCallerData: If true, caller data (source file-, method-, class name and line) will be included, too. Default: false.
includeRootCauseData: If true, root cause exception of the exception passed with the log message will be exposed in the root_cause_class_name and root_cause_message fields. Default: false.
messageLayout: Message format for messages without an exception. Default: "%m%nopex".
fullMessageLayout: Message format for messages with an exception. Default: "%m%n".
staticFields: Additional, static fields to include. Defaults: none.

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Copyright

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA

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