diff --git a/src/main/resources/log4j.properties b/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
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+logDir=/opt/ves-agent/
+
+log4j.rootLogger=TRACE, stdout
+#log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG, stdout
+
+log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender
+log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss a}|%-5p|%-30c{1}| %m%n
+log4j.appender.stdout.DatePattern='.'yyyy-MM-dd
+log4j.appender.stdout.File=${logDir}/vesagent.log
+log4j.appender.stdout.append=true