log4j.rootLogger=WARN, A1 log4j.appender.A1=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender log4j.appender.A1.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.A1.layout.ConversionPattern=%d [%t] %-5p %c - %m%n # Or you can explicitly enable WARN and ERROR messages for the AWS Java clients log4j.logger.com.amazonaws=WARN