Hello All, I'm trying to configure JMSAppender in JBoss 4.2.3 I modified the root jboss-log4j.xml (at server/default/conf) to enable the appender. | <appender name="TESTLOGGINGJMS" class="org.apache.log4j.net.JMSAppender"> | <param name="Threshold" value="ERROR"/> | <param name="ProviderURL" value="localhost" /> | <param name="InitialContextFactoryName" value="org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContextFactory" /> | <param name="URLPkgPrefixes" value="org.jboss.naming rg.jnp.interfaces" /> | <param name="TopicConnectionFactoryBindingName" value="TopicConnectionFactory"/> | <param name="TopicBindingName" value="topic/loggingTopic"/> | </appender> | I add my own logger to the same file as | <logger name="com.prpo" additivity="false"> | <appender-ref ref="TESTLOGGINGJMS" /> | </logger> | When I start the jboss server, looks like the server is waiting for the topic to be created. And throws an exception saying | 14:26:34,627 INFO [Log4jService$URLWatchTimerTask] Configuring from URL: resource:jboss-log4j.xml | log4j:ERROR Error while activating options for appender named [TESTLOGGINGJMS]. | javax.naming.CommunicationException: Could not obtain connection to any of these urls: localhost and discovery failed with error: javax.naming.CommunicationException: Receive timed out [Root exception is java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Receive timed out] [Root exception is javax.naming.CommunicationException: Failed to connect to server localhost:1099 [Root exception is javax.naming.ServiceUnavailableException: Failed to connect to server localhost:1099 [Root exception is java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused]]] | | This is because the JMS topic is not created yet. I create the topic via a -service.xml file using MBeans. How can I delay initializing the log4j appender until the topic is created? thanks Pras View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4186140#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...