How can I disable Spring Boot logging configuration?

Question

I am using Spring Boot and want to completely disable the automatic logging configuration and use SLF4J and logback directly instead.

I've tried the following:

@EnableAutoConfiguration(exclude={LoggingApplicationListener.class})

Which didn't work. Is there a way to completely disable the spring boot logging configuration?

Answer 1

I believe that Spring uses a property that overrides the configuration set by default and the annotation you're using.

I once had the same problem and I solved it by specifying the following:

-Dlogging.config=log4j-live.xml -Dlog4j.debug

Let me know if that works for you.