Can I make the log format read as JSON?

[Fernando Garcia]

Hi everybody, 

Is it possible to configure Jira's logging properties or their log4j format into JSON? Instead of the standard server logs coming in by default, I want them to be in json. 

I can't seem to find any documents that help explain how to map the values into a json format. Also, where would one configure this? In the server.xml file? logging.properties file? or the log4j.properties file? 

Thanks! 

[Ben R]

I guess that's a no then? :(

I've tried creating a test appender (based on filelog) switching out the PatternLayout for <JSONLayout /> and while it creates the file, it doesn't look to be printing out anything in a JSON format, e.g:

INFO: Waiting for AO
INFO: Initialization started
INFO: loadGitManagersFromDatabase
INFO: Run migrations
INFO: Start clusterInitializer
INFO: initRoutine is executed
Scheduling automation rule scheduler job
Success automation rule scheduler job
INFO: startRoutine is executed
INFO: plugin startup completed!
Waiting for jql functions registration
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