darkSheep404 opened a new issue, #3358: URL: https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/3358
## Description Log4j2 yml config do not support YAML Anchors and Aliases with error Logger contains an invalid element or attribute "<<" ``` Configuration: status: WARN Appenders: RollingFileTemplate: &RollingFileTemplate ignoreExceptions: false PatternLayout: pattern: "[%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS}] [%X{traceId},%X{spanId}] [%pid] [%thread] %-5level %X{class}.%M - %msg%n" Policies: SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy: size: "50 MB" DefaultRolloverStrategy: max: 200 RollingFile: - name: XX_LOGGER_LOG fileName: ./logs/xx/${env:HOSTNAME:-}/app/app.log filePattern: "./logs/xx/${env:HOSTNAME:-}/app/app_%d{yyyy}-%i.log.gz" <<: *RollingFileTemplate Loggers: Root: level: INFO AppenderRef: - ref: CONSOLE_OUT_APPENDER - ref: XX_LOGGER_LOG ``` ``` main ERROR Unable to locate plugin for LoggerTemplate 2025-01-06T08:35:01.514260458Z 2025-01-06 08:35:01,514 main ERROR Logger contains an invalid element or attribute "<<" 2025-01-06T08:35:01.514794013Z 2025-01-06 08:35:01,514 main ERROR Logger contains an invalid element or attribute "<<" 2025-01-06T08:35:01.515709563Z 2025-01-06 08:35:01,515 main ERROR Logger contains an invalid element or attribute "<<" 2025-01-06T08:35:01.516202917Z 2025-01-06 08:35:01,516 main ERROR Logger contains an invalid element or attribute "<<" 2025-01-06 08:35:01,516 main ERROR Unable to invoke factory method in class org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.LoggersPlugin for element Loggers: java.lang.NullPointerException ``` ## Configuration **Version:** [2.18.0] **Operating system:** [redheat] **JDK:** [JDK 8 ] ## Logs ``` [Stacktraces, errors, etc. relevant applications logs.] ``` ## Reproduction ``` ``` [An isolated test reproducing the test. JUnit tests similar to the ones in the code base are extremely appreciated.] -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: notifications-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org