Access log not created - spring-boot

Question

I'm trying to enable SpringBoot's embedded Tomcat access logs. When the application starts I'm not seeing the log file at all. When I make requests to the application from browser I still get nothing. What am I missing?
This should be really straight forward. I'm wondering if there's stuff in my project that's interfering with Tomcat logging to the access_log.log file. Within the project I've done the following:
enable ssl and changed port
Via #Configuration, I created a #Bean EmbeddedServletContainerCustomizer that adds a TomcatConnectorCustomizer.
Added Spring Security to request authentication for /secure/** URL patterns.
From what I've read none of that should require anything special regarding Tomcat access logs. With my set up I expect the logging to be in my-tomcat/access_log.log at the same location I ran the java -jar command. Correct me if that's wrong.
Using...
SpringBoot 1.5.9.RELEASE
Win 7 Enterprise
application.yml
server:
port: 8443
ssl:
# 6.2 Ensure SSLEnabled is set to True for Sensitive Connectors (Not Scored)
enabled: true
key-store: classpath:keystore.p12
key-store-password: password
key-store-type: PKCS12
key-alias: tomcat
# 6.5 Ensure SSL Protocol is set to TLS for Secure Connectors (Scored)
protocol: TLS
tomcat:
basedir: my-tomcat
accesslog:
enabled: true
pattern: '%t %a "%r" %s (%D ms)'
security:
require-ssl: true
# 7.1 Application specific logging (Scored)
logging:
level.com.esd.springbootdemo: DEBUG
# 7.2 Specify file handler in logging.properties files (Scored)
file: logs/springbootdemo.log
pom.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.esd.springboot</groupId>
<artifactId>springboot-demo</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<name>springboot-demo</name>
<description>Spring Boot security and hardening POC</description>
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>1.5.9.RELEASE</version>
<relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
</parent>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
<java.version>1.8</java.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-logging</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>

Answer 1

Your tomcat YAML block is currently a child of the ssl YAML block - so you need to fix the indentation