• Dependency the toolkit, such as using maven or gradle

   <dependency>
      <groupId>org.skywalking</groupId>
      <artifactId>apm-toolkit-log4j-2.x</artifactId>
      <version>{project.release.version}</version>
   </dependency>

   

• Config the [%traceId] pattern in your log4j2.xml

   <Appenders>
      <Console name="Console" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
         <PatternLayout pattern="%d [%traceId] %-5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n"/>
      </Console>
   </Appenders>

• When you use -javaagent to active the sky-waking tracer, log4j2 will output traceId, if it existed. If the tracer is inactive, the output will be TID: N/A.