^^ I would really appreciate this as well. It's unclear how to get log4j working with Kafka when you have no prior experience with log4j.
On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 4:39 AM, Scott Chapman <sc...@woofplanet.com> wrote: > 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! > > >> > > >> > > > > >
