log4j with spring boot restful services

1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2<Configuration status="WARN" monitorInterval="30">
3    <Properties>
4        <Property name="LOG_PATTERN">
5            %d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS} %5p ${hostName} --- [%15.15t] %-40.40c{1.} : %m%n%ex
6        </Property>
7    </Properties>
8    <Appenders>
9        <Console name="ConsoleAppender" target="SYSTEM_OUT" follow="true">
10            <PatternLayout pattern="${LOG_PATTERN}"/>
11        </Console>
12    </Appenders>
13    <Loggers>
14        <Logger name="com.example.log4j2demo" level="debug" additivity="false">
15            <AppenderRef ref="ConsoleAppender" />
16        </Logger>
17
18        <Root level="info">
19            <AppenderRef ref="ConsoleAppender" />
20        </Root>
21    </Loggers>
22</Configuration>
23

1package com.example.log4j2demo;
2
3import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
4import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
5import org.springframework.boot.ApplicationArguments;
6import org.springframework.boot.ApplicationRunner;
7import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
8import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
9
10@SpringBootApplication
11public class Log4j2DemoApplication implements ApplicationRunner {
12    private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(Log4j2DemoApplication.class);
13
14    public static void main(String[] args) {
15        SpringApplication.run(Log4j2DemoApplication.class, args);
16    }
17
18    @Override
19    public void run(ApplicationArguments applicationArguments) throws Exception {
20        logger.debug("Debugging log");
21        logger.info("Info log");
22        logger.warn("Hey, This is a warning!");
23        logger.error("Oops! We have an Error. OK");
24        logger.fatal("Damn! Fatal error. Please fix me.");
25    }
26}
27

1<!-- Exclude Spring Boot's Default Logging -->
2<dependency>
3	<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
4	<artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
5	<exclusions>
6		<exclusion>
7			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
8			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-logging</artifactId>
9		</exclusion>
10	</exclusions>
11</dependency>
12
13<!-- Add Log4j2 Dependency -->
14<dependency>
15	<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
16	<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-log4j2</artifactId>
17</dependency>
18

1<!-- Rolling File Appender -->
2<RollingFile name="FileAppender" fileName="logs/log4j2-demo.log" 
3             filePattern="logs/log4j2-demo-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}-%i.log">
4    <PatternLayout>
5        <Pattern>${LOG_PATTERN}</Pattern>
6    </PatternLayout>
7    <Policies>
8        <SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy size="10MB" />
9    </Policies>
10    <DefaultRolloverStrategy max="10"/>
11</RollingFile>
12