How to change pattern of log message in log4j2.xml
We don't want to print UserID in logs due to some security reason and Need to display another internal id of the customer instead of userID .
I see the following default pattern layout in log4j2.xml . How do we send/configure custom parameters to log4j2.xml to print the log messages in desired pattern.
<PatternLayout>
<§§>%d [%20.20t] [%10.10X{pegathread}] [%20.20X{tenantid}] [%20.20X{app}] (%30.30c{3}) %-5p %X{stack} %X{userid} - %m%n</Pattern>
</PatternLayout>
Pegasystems Inc.
NL
@BRAHMESH@ that doesn't seem easy to do. You would have to instrument each thread to include additional fields in the LogContext, keeping in mind that not all threads are currently simply populating the userId from the Requestor and there's no obvious extension point to plug this.
Maybe you can start using the internal id in Pega for the OperatorID? This way you don't need to update the log format and internal id is also used everywhere in Pega admin screens, increasing your security.
Also maybe good to consider using JSON appender and processing the log entries downstream. Another point is that you have tagged the question with very old Pega version. Given the topic at hand, maybe recommend your client to work on upgrading first.