adding support for a custom log4j file

README.md

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ All variables which can be overridden are stored in [defaults/main.yml](defaults
 | `besu_node_private_key_file` | "" | Path for node private key, if supplied. This needs to include the node key file name and path like so `/home/me/me_node/myPrivateKey`. If not supplied Besu will create one automatically |
 | `besu_data_dir` | /opt/besu/data | Path for data directory|
 | `besu_log_dir` | /var/log/besu | Path for logs |
+| `besu_log4j_config_file` | "" | Absolute path for a custom log4j config file |
 | `besu_profile_file` | /etc/profile.d/besu-path.sh | Path to allow loading Besu into the system PATH |
 | `besu_managed_service` | true | Enables a systemd service (or launchd if on Darwin) |
 | `besu_launchd_dir` | /Library/LaunchAgents | The default launchd directory  |

defaults/main.yml

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ besu_config_dir: "/etc/besu"
 besu_config_template: "config.toml.j2"
 besu_data_dir: "{{ besu_base_dir }}/data"
 besu_log_dir: "/var/log/besu"
+besu_log4j_config_file: ""
 besu_profile_file: "/etc/profile.d/besu-path.sh"
 
 # Managed service config

templates/besu.service.j2

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ After=syslog.target network.target
 User={{ besu_user }}
 Group={{ besu_group }}
 Environment=HOME=/home/{{ besu_user }}
+{% if besu_log4j_config_file %}
+Environment=LOG4J_CONFIGURATION_FILE={{ besu_log4j_config_file }}
+{% endif %}
 Environment=BESU_OPTS={{ besu_env_opts }}
 Type=simple
 {% if besu_cmdline_args %}