Using Log4j with Listener

We are using Log4j and all of our logging files are properly created by a
listener that starts once our application is deployed. All logging works
fine when we are running in single server mode but when we deploy the EAR to
a cluster, the listener starts and we see the log files created and there is
an initial line written into one of the created log files by the listener.
When we access our application on the cluster non of the logging messages
are written out to the files. I am thinking that maybe the listener is
dieing but I am not sure. We have a log4j config file that is included in
our WEB-INF directory.
Is there a way to see what listeners are running?
Has anyone used log4j in a clustered environment?
Thanks
Michelle

We have managed to get a little further. When the managed servers are
 started up by the admin server, and application is deployed, the log files
 are created by the listener BUT when we access the application nothing is
 written to the logs. We have not located any exceptions, the logs just
 don't seem to get written to. Now, if redeploy the application it properly
 logs to the log files. Any ideas??? Again, our log4j config file is in
 the WEB-INF directory in the EAR and the web.xml has an entry for
 log4j-init-file pointing to the WEB-INF log4j file. We have deployed our
 application to production and I just don't like the fact that if the servers
 must be rebooted that our application must be redeployed. If this step is
 missed then we won't be logging and of course troubleshooting goes out the
 window. Any help greatly appreciated
 I will have to double check if we have a try catch block. If not I will do
 this pronto.
 <Srinagesh Susarla> wrote in message news:[email protected]..
 > log4j should work the same both on single server as well as clustered env.
 > Can you try adding some debug to your listener to ensure that its getting
 > initialized correctly. Also can you surround it with a try catch block to
 > ensure that its getting loaded correctly.
 > Another question: Is this a ServletContextListener or an
 > ApplifecycleListener?
 > If there are any exceptions please post them here.
 >
 > -- Nagesh

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