you can configure it under /opt/kafka/config/log4j.properties and look for kafka.log.dir
On Mon, Nov 17, 2014, at 11:11 AM, Jimmy John wrote: > How do I configure the application kafka log dir? > > Right now the default is /var/log/upstart/kafka.log . I want to point it > to > a different mount dir... e.g. > > /opt/kafka/bin/kafka-server-start.sh /opt/kafka/config/server.properties > --logdir /mnt/kafka/kafka-app-logs > > But the above gives me errors : > > USAGE: java [options] KafkaServer server.properties > > > NOTE: these are application log dir , not the data directory. > > > Any recommended way to point the application log to a different place? > > thx > > jim