# Log4j: Configuring SMTPAppender **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [February 9, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/log4j-configuring-smtpappender/22045 "2015-02-09T14:31:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Abid\_Hussain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Abid\_Hussain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abid_Hussain)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/log4j-configuring-smtpappender/22045/1 "2015-02-09T14:31:01Z")
Hi all, I'd like to configure a smtpappender in logging.yml so that an email is sent whenever a message is logged. Unfortunately, the yml configuration isn't very well documented on log4j homepage and I wasn't able to find any working example in the www. I also tried to put a separate logging.properties in $ES\_HOME$/config, but didn't get it working. My last try (not working - no email is being sent): es.logger.level: INFO rootLogger: ${es.logger.level}, console, file, email logger: ... appender: console: .... email: type: smtp smtpHost: my.smtp.host from: [es@example.net](mailto:es@example.net) to: [admin@example.net](mailto:admin@example.net) subject: ElasticSearch Warning layout: type: pattern conversionPattern: ..... So, does anybody have a working example to do so? Regards, Abid -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/58c92f42-0046-453e-add0-3b726cafa822%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/58c92f42-0046-453e-add0-3b726cafa822%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Abid\_Hussain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Abid\_Hussain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abid_Hussain)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 10:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/log4j-configuring-smtpappender/22045/2 "2015-02-10T10:15:38Z")
Just for evaluation purposes, I tried to configure a simple logging.properties in $ES\_HOME/config but not even this had any success. log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG, A1 log4j.appender.A1=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender log4j.appender.A1.File=/home/my\_user/elasticsearch.log log4j.appender.A1.MaxFileSize=40000KB log4j.appender.A1.MaxBackupIndex=5 log4j.appender.A1.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.A1.layout.ConversionPattern=[%d{ISO8601}][%-5p][%-25c] %m%n log4j.appender.A1.Encoding=UTF-8 No file /home/my\_user/elasticsearch.log is being created when starting elasticsearch (directory /home/my\_user exists) and I have no idea what I'm doing wrong... ☹ Regards, Abid Am Montag, 9. Februar 2015 15:31:01 UTC+1 schrieb Abid Hussain: > Hi all, > > I'd like to configure a smtpappender in logging.yml so that an email is > sent whenever a message is logged. > > Unfortunately, the yml configuration isn't very well documented on log4j > homepage and I wasn't able to find any working example in the www. > > I also tried to put a separate logging.properties in $ES\_HOME$/config, but > didn't get it working. > > My last try (not working - no email is being sent): > es.logger.level: INFO > rootLogger: ${es.logger.level}, console, file, email > logger: > ... > > appender: > console: > .... > email: > type: smtp > smtpHost: my.smtp.host > from: [es@example.net](mailto:es@example.net) > to: [admin@example.net](mailto:admin@example.net) > subject: Elasticsearch Warning > layout: > type: pattern > conversionPattern: ..... > > So, does anybody have a working example to do so? > > Regards, > > Abid -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/d50ebd43-6c92-473c-b5f2-491623b4b093%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/d50ebd43-6c92-473c-b5f2-491623b4b093%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/log4j-configuring-smtpappender/22045/3 "2017-07-06T00:33:57Z")