Logback documentation

Documentation is organised so you can start quickly, then go deeper. The restructured manual lives under manual/.

Start here

• Classpath setup · Dependencies
• Introduction · Architecture
• Reasons to switch from log4j

Manual

• Manual home (full map)
• Configuration (XML, variables, conditionals)
• Appenders · Encoders · Layouts
• Filters · MDC · SSL
• Joran (extending logback) · Migration from log4j 1.x

Reference & cookbook

• Error codes and their meanings
• FAQ
• Recipes
• Performance
• logback-access (Jetty / Tomcat)
• Demo web app walk-through
• Release notes

Logback-core & logback-classic javadocs and source code:

• Javadocs
• Source code (xref)
• Test sources

Logback-access javadocs and source code:

• Access Javadocs
• Access source