Hi Guys, I am trying to send logs from solr directly to kafka using log4j. I have made changes in my log4j.properties file, and am not sure where is the problem. Also, do I need to include a kafka jar file? Can somebody help me on this?
________________________________ The warning and error I am getting: WARN - 2015-01-19 12:09:25.545; org.apache.solr.cloud.Overseer$ClusterStateUpdater; Solr cannot talk to ZK, exiting Overseer main queue loop INFO - 2015-01-19 12:09:25.552; org.apache.solr.cloud.Overseer$ClusterStateUpdater; Overseer Loop exiting : 10.254.120.50:8900_solr WARN - 2015-01-19 12:09:25.554; org.apache.solr.common.cloud.ZkStateReader$2; ZooKeeper watch triggered, but Solr cannot talk to ZK ERROR - 2015-01-19 12:09:25.560; org.apache.solr.cloud.Overseer$ClusterStateUpdater; could not read the data org.apache.zookeeper.KeeperException$SessionExpiredException: KeeperErrorCode = Session expired for /overseer_elect/leader My Log4j.Properties file: solr.log=/home/solradmin/solr/latest/logs/ log4j.rootLogger=INFO, file, KAFKA log4j.logger.KAFKA=INFO, file log4j.logger.solr=INFO, KAFKA log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%5p [%t] (%F:%L) - %m%n log4j.appender.KAFKA=kafka.producer.KafkaLog4jAppender log4j.appender.KAFKA.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.KAFKA.layout.ConversionPattern=%-5p: %c - %m%n log4j.appender.KAFKA.BrokerList=localhost:9092 log4j.appender.KAFKA.Topic=herpderp log4j.appender.file=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender log4j.appender.file.MaxFileSize=100MB log4j.appender.file.MaxBackupIndex=9 log4j.appender.file.File=${solr.log}/solr.log log4j.appender.file.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.file.layout.ConversionPattern=%-5p - %d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS}; %C; %m\n log4j.logger.org.apache.solr=DEBUG log4j.logger.org.apache.zookeeper=WARN log4j.logger.org.apache.hadoop=WARN I tried different configurations using the following sources: http://kafka.apache.org/07/quickstart.htmland KafkLog4JAppender not pushing application logs to kafka topic<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30171881/kafklog4jappender-not-pushing-application-logs-to-kafka-topic?rq=1>. ____________________________________ This message may contain information that is privileged or confidential. If you received this transmission in error, please notify the sender by reply e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Any duplication, dissemination or distribution of this message by unintended recipients is prohibited. Please note: All email sent to this address will be received by the NetDocuments corporate e-mail system and is subject to archival and review by someone other than the recipient.