+1, this is what Wikimedia uses in production. On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 10:38 AM, Tauzell, Dave <dave.tauz...@surescripts.com > wrote:
> I haven't started using this in production but this is how I will likely > setup the logging as it is easier to manage. > > -Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dustin Cote [mailto:dus...@confluent.io] > Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2016 9:33 AM > To: users@kafka.apache.org; d...@kafka.apache.org > Subject: Changing default logger to RollingFileAppender (KAFKA-2394) > > Hi all, > > I'm looking at changing the Kafka default logging setup to use the > RollingFileAppender instead of the DailyRollingFileAppender in an effort to > accomplish two goals: > 1) Avoid filling up users' disks if the log files grow unexpectedly > 2) Move off the admittedly unreliable DailyRollingFileAppender > > I wanted to know if the community has any feedback around this before > moving forward. The main drawback with going to the RollingFileAppender is > that the log file names will no longer have timestamps, but instead be of > the form server.log, server.log.1, etc. What users are depending on the > file name convention and would need to rollback the log4j configuration > should the default change in a later version? What sort of feedback can > those users provide to help us document this the right way? > > Thanks, > > -- > Dustin Cote > confluent.io > This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential, may > contain sensitive information, and are intended solely for the use of the > individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this > e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply e-mail immediately and > destroy all copies of the e-mail and any attachments. >
