Java Spring Boot use Seq for logging

October 21, 2024

This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Minhaz

The primary motivation is that I use SEQ for logging, but I couldn’t find a quick complete guide to use SEQ with java spring boot using gradle. So here I’m documenting my findings.

Steps

I’m using this configuration for the project

Add these to `build.gradle` for dependency

repositories {
    ...
    maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
}

dependencies {
    ...
    implementation 'com.github.serilogj:serilogj:v0.6.1'
}

Now just configure the logger

// import serilogj.Log;
// import serilogj.LoggerConfiguration;
// import serilogj.events.LogEventLevel;
// import static serilogj.sinks.seq.SeqSinkConfigurator.seq;

// setting up the logger
Log.setLogger(new LoggerConfiguration()
        .writeTo(seq("http://localhost:5341/"))
        .setMinimumLevel(LogEventLevel.Verbose)
        .createLogger());

// using the logger
var logger = Log.getLogger().forContext(SpringApplication.class);
logger.information("Hello World");

With this setup the logger should work

You can find the code here

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