Re: Effective use of logging with Graylog and other log aggregators

Chainsaw is still alive; we just need to cut a release. ;) On 2 May 2017 at 03:09, Mikael Ståldal wrote: > I made some tests with Graylog a couple of days ago. I was able to get > Log4j 2.8.2 to work with UDP socket and Kafka. > > After implementing LOG4J2-1854 >

Re: Effective use of logging with Graylog and other log aggregators

I made some tests with Graylog a couple of days ago. I was able to get Log4j 2.8.2 to work with UDP socket and Kafka. After implementing LOG4J2-1854 , TCP socket also works. I have updated the documentation of GelfLayout to show how to use both UD

Re: Effective use of logging with Graylog and other log aggregators

Oh, and I should add that this also relates to my other thread about binary layouts. I'd find that using binary layouts would be most useful for network appenders, though it can also be useful for when log aggregation daemons are run on every server to collect the output of log files, too. On 28 A

Effective use of logging with Graylog and other log aggregators

Log4j has all the necessary plugins to support numerous scenarios, and I've found three ways to support Graylog, for example: 1. GelfLayout + SocketAppender: send log messages straight to a Graylog server. Simplest setup (no additional dependencies required), but not the most reliable in theory. 2