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# Adding Appenders

The first thing you need to do in your config object is add appenders. Each appender is added via the `appender()` method.

```javascript
public void appender( string name, string class, [struct properties={},] [string layout,] [levelMin=0,] [levelMax=4] )
```

## Parameters:

| Name       | Description                                                                                    |
| ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| name       | A unique name for the appender to register. Only unique names can be registered per instance.  |
| class      | The appender's class to register. We will create, init it and register it for you.             |
| properties | The structure of properties to configure this appender with. (OPTIONAL)                        |
| layout     | The layout class path to use in this appender for custom message rendering. (OPTIONAL)         |
| levelMin   | The numerical or English word of the minimal logging level (OPTIONAL, defaults to 0 \[FATAL].) |
| levelMax   | The numerical or English word of the maximum logging level (OPTIONAL, defaults to 4 \[DEBUG].) |

## Examples

```javascript
config.appender(
    name="CFConsole",
    class="coldbox.system.logging.appenders.ConsoleAppender"
);

config.appender(
    name="MyCF",
    class="coldbox.system.logging.appenders.CFAppender"
);

config.appender(
    name="SocketBaby",
    class="coldbox.system.logging.appenders.SocketAppender",
    properties={ host="localhost", port="444", timeout="3", persistConnection=false }
);

config.appender(
    name='Fileapp',
    class="coldbox.system.logging.appenders.FileAppender",
    properties={ filePath="/logs", fileName="Test" },
    layout="model.logging.MyFileLayout"
);
```


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