+1 Vote. Embody all metadata about the source at the application layer itself, if possible within the 1500 bytes limit of TCP packet.
Regards, Sivakumaran > On 28-Jul-2016, at 10:48 AM, Michael Noll <mich...@confluent.io> wrote: > > One option is to implement the producer applications in such a way that > each producer includes its own IP address in the payload of the messages it > produces. > > -Michael > > > On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 10:15 AM, Gourab Chowdhury <gourab....@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I am working on a project that includes Apache Kafka. My consumer is a >> Apache Spark and I am try to log the Global IP from where the message was >> generated, to verify from which device/system? >> >> Ofcourse Kafka know the IP of the producer, since it can read the packets. >> Can it append it in the message? >> >> Thanks, >> Gourab >>
