Controlling log4j Log Level at Runtime, 2.0
Follow-up to earlier post, adjusted for log4j version 2, this time in XML configuration:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Configuration status="INFO">
...
<Loggers>
<Root level="${sys:log4j.logLevel:-INFO}">
<appender-ref ref="DailyRollingFile"/>
</Root>
</Loggers>
</Configuration>