# Embracing JVM unified logging (JEP-158 / JEP-271)

DevFeed: [Embracing JVM unified logging (JEP-158 / JEP-271)](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/embracing-jvm-unified-logging-jep-158-jep-271-26077.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.arkey.fr/2020/07/28/embracing-jvm-unified-logging-jep-158-jep-271/>)

Author: brice.dutheil@gmail.com (Brice Dutheil)

Published: 2020-07-27T23:54:58Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [The Coffee Workshop](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-coffee-workshop.md>)

Topics: [Logging](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/logging.md>), [log management](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/log-management.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/configuration.md>), [Java](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/java.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>)

Tags: [command-line](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/command-line.md>), [commands](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/commands.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/configuration.md>), [java](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/java.md>), [jdk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/jdk.md>), [jvm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/jvm.md>), [logging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/logging.md>), [logs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/logs.md>), [news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news.md>)

## AI overview

This article examines JVM unified logging introduced in JDK 9 and available in JDK 11 LTS. It discusses its configuration, command-line and runtime controls, and the difficulty of selecting the needed logs, including GC logging.

## Source excerpt

Unified logging was introduced in JDK 9, and is available for us all, in the JDK 11 LTS. Like other great serviceability feature (jcmd or JFR) this was inspired by JRockit.