Thanks. But we're using log4j. I tried setting the type to async but it generated a warning of no such field. Is there any real documentation on the log4j appender?
On Mon Feb 23 2015 at 2:58:54 AM Steven Schlansker < sschlans...@opentable.com> wrote: > We just configure our logback.xml to have two Appenders, an AsyncAppender > -> KafkaAppender, and FileAppender (or ConsoleAppender as appropriate). > > AsyncAppender removes more failure cases too, e.g. a health check hanging > rather than returning rapidly could block you application. > > On Feb 22, 2015, at 11:26 PM, anthony musyoki <anthony.musy...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Theres also another one here. > > > > https://github.com/danielwegener/logback-kafka-appender. > > > > It has a fallback appender which might address the issue of Kafka being > > un-available. > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 9:45 AM, Steven Schlansker < > > sschlans...@opentable.com> wrote: > > > >> Here’s my attempt at a Logback version, should be fairly easily ported: > >> > >> https://github.com/opentable/otj-logging/blob/master/kafka/ > src/main/java/com/opentable/logging/KafkaAppender.java > >> > >> On Feb 22, 2015, at 1:36 PM, Scott Chapman <sc...@woofplanet.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> I am just starting to use it and could use a little guidance. I was > able > >> to > >>> get it working with 0.8.2 but am not clear on best practices for using > >> it. > >>> > >>> Anyway willing to help me out a bit? Got a few questions, like how to > >>> protect applications from when kafka is down or unreachable. > >>> > >>> It seems like a great idea for being able to get logs from existing > >>> applications to be collected by kafka. > >>> > >>> Thanks in advance! > >> > >> > >
