Could not create plugin of type class org.appenders.log4j2.elasticsearch.AsyncBatchDelivery for element AsyncBatchDelivery

[an0nh4x0r]

2019-11-22 18:16:54,080 main ERROR Could not create plugin of type class org.appenders.log4j2.elasticsearch.AsyncBatchDelivery for element AsyncBatchDelivery org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.ConfigurationException: Arguments given for element AsyncBatchDelivery are invalid: field 'clientObjectFactory' has invalid value 'null'
at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.util.PluginBuilder.injectFields(PluginBuilder.java:208)
at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.util.PluginBuilder.build(PluginBuilder.java:121)
at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AbstractConfiguration.createPluginObject(AbstractConfiguration.java:1002)
at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AbstractConfiguration.createConfiguration(AbstractConfiguration.java:942)
at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AbstractConfiguration.createConfiguration(AbstractConfiguration.java:934)
at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AbstractConfiguration.createConfiguration(AbstractConfiguration.java:934)
at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AbstractConfiguration.doConfigure(AbstractConfiguration.java:552)
at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AbstractConfiguration.initialize(AbstractConfiguration.java:241)
at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AbstractConfiguration.start(AbstractConfiguration.java:288)
at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext.setConfiguration(LoggerContext.java:579)
at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext.reconfigure(LoggerContext.java:651)
at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext.reconfigure(LoggerContext.java:668)
at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext.start(LoggerContext.java:253)
at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.impl.Log4jContextFactory.getContext(Log4jContextFactory.java:153)
at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.impl.Log4jContextFactory.getContext(Log4jContextFactory.java:45)
at org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager.getContext(LogManager.java:194)
at org.apache.commons.logging.LogAdapter$Log4jLog.(LogAdapter.java:155)
at org.apache.commons.logging.LogAdapter$Log4jAdapter.createLog(LogAdapter.java:122)
at org.apache.commons.logging.LogAdapter.createLog(LogAdapter.java:89)
at org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory.getLog(LogFactory.java:67)
at org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory.getLog(LogFactory.java:59)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.(SpringApplication.java:196)
at com.mosambee.ElasticSearchLog4j2SampleAppApplication.main(ElasticSearchLog4j2SampleAppApplication.java:12)

2019-11-22 18:16:54,081 main DEBUG Building Plugin[name=appender, class=org.appenders.log4j2.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchAppender].
2019-11-22 18:16:54,082 main ERROR No BatchDelivery method provided for ElasticSearch appender: batchDelivery
2019-11-22 18:16:54,083 main DEBUG ElasticsearchAppender$Builder(, name="elasticsearchAsyncBatch", ThresholdFilter(INFO), JacksonJsonLayout(org.appenders.log4j2.elasticsearch.JacksonJsonLayout@6392827e), ignoreExceptions="null", AsyncBatchDelivery(null), messageOnly="null", RollingIndexName(org.appenders.log4j2.elasticsearch.RollingIndexNameFormatter@2ed2d9cb))
2019-11-22 18:16:54,083 main ERROR Could not create plugin of type class org.appenders.log4j2.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchAppender for element Elasticsearch org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.ConfigurationException: Arguments given for element Elasticsearch are invalid: field 'batchDelivery' has invalid value 'null'
at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.util.PluginBuilder.injectFields(PluginBuilder.java:208)
at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.util.PluginBuilder.build(PluginBuilder.java:121)
at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AbstractConfiguration.createPluginObject(AbstractConfiguration.java:1002)
at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AbstractConfiguration.createConfiguration(AbstractConfiguration.java:942)
at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AbstractConfiguration.createConfiguration(AbstractConfiguration.java:934)
at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AbstractConfiguration.doConfigure(AbstractConfiguration.java:552)
at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AbstractConfiguration.initialize(AbstractConfiguration.java:241)
at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AbstractConfiguration.start(AbstractConfiguration.java:288)
at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext.setConfiguration(LoggerContext.java:579)
at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext.reconfigure(LoggerContext.java:651)
at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext.reconfigure(LoggerContext.java:668)
at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext.start(LoggerContext.java:253)
at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.impl.Log4jContextFactory.getContext(Log4jContextFactory.java:153)
at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.impl.Log4jContextFactory.getContext(Log4jContextFactory.java:45)
at org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager.getContext(LogManager.java:194)
at org.apache.commons.logging.LogAdapter$Log4jLog.(LogAdapter.java:155)
at org.apache.commons.logging.LogAdapter$Log4jAdapter.createLog(LogAdapter.java:122)
at org.apache.commons.logging.LogAdapter.createLog(LogAdapter.java:89)
at org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory.getLog(LogFactory.java:67)
at org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory.getLog(LogFactory.java:59)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.(SpringApplication.java:196)
at com.mosambee.ElasticSearchLog4j2SampleAppApplication.main(ElasticSearchLog4j2SampleAppApplication.java:12)

[rfoltyns]

Could you please provide following:

• Log4j2 configuration file
• log4j2-elasticsearch module name and version
• Spring Boot version and modules list

At first glance, it looks like a config issue, so maybe the validation could be improved.

[rfoltyns]

Closing due to insufficient information. Feel free to re-open once you provide the items listed above.