are you including https://github.com/stealthly/scala-kafka/blob/master/build.gradle#L122 in your project?
~ Joe Stein - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://www.stealth.ly - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 2:02 PM, Scott Chapman <sc...@woofplanet.com> wrote: > Yea, when I try to set type to async (exactly like the example) I get: > log4j:WARN No such property [producerType] in > kafka.producer.KafkaLog4jAppender. > > On Tue Feb 24 2015 at 1:35:54 PM Joe Stein <joe.st...@stealth.ly> wrote: > > > Here is sample log4j.properties > > https://github.com/stealthly/scala-kafka/blob/master/src/tes > > t/resources/log4j.properties#L54-L67 > > > > I _almost_ have always pulled the class > > https://github.com/apache/kafka/blob/0.8.2/core/src/main/ > > scala/kafka/producer/KafkaLog4jAppender.scala > > internal > > to private repo and changed it as things came up... e.g. setSource(), > > setTags() blah blah... > > > > Paul Otto has an open source version > > https://github.com/potto007/kafka-appender-layout that you could try out > > too that he built to tackle some of the layout things. > > > > ~ Joe Stein > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > > http://www.stealth.ly > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > > On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 4:42 PM, Alex Melville <amelvi...@g.hmc.edu> > > wrote: > > > > > ^^ 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! > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
