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+# 
+# managed by puppet
+#
+
+log4j.rootCategory=WARN, F, stdout
+
+log4j.appender.F=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
+log4j.appender.F.File=<%= @log_file %>
+log4j.appender.F.MaxFileSize=100MB
+log4j.appender.F.MaxBackupIndex=3
+log4j.appender.F.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.F.layout.ConversionPattern=[%d{HH:mm:ss}] %p [%c] - %m%n
+
+log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=[%d{HH:mm:ss}] %p [%c] - %m%n
+