Class: LogStash::Outputs::Kafka

Inherits:
Base
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
lib/logstash/outputs/kafka.rb

Overview

Write events to a Kafka topic. This uses the Kafka Producer API to write messages to a topic on the broker.

The only required configuration is the topic name. The default codec is json, so events will be persisted on the broker in json format. If you select a codec of plain, Logstash will encode your messages with not only the message but also with a timestamp and hostname. If you do not want anything but your message passing through, you should make the output configuration something like:

source,ruby

output 

kafka {
  codec => plain {
     format => "%{message"
  }
  topic_id => "mytopic"
}

}

For more information see kafka.apache.org/documentation.html#theproducer

Kafka producer configuration: kafka.apache.org/documentation.html#newproducerconfigs

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#close ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/logstash/outputs/kafka.rb', line 145

def close
  @producer.close
end

#receive(event) ⇒ Object

def register



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# File 'lib/logstash/outputs/kafka.rb', line 138

def receive(event)
  if event == LogStash::SHUTDOWN
    return
  end
  @codec.encode(event)
end

#register ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/logstash/outputs/kafka.rb', line 118

def register
  @producer = create_producer
  @codec.on_event do |event, data|
    begin
      if @message_key.nil?
        record = org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerRecord.new(event.sprintf(@topic_id), data)
      else
        record = org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerRecord.new(event.sprintf(@topic_id), event.sprintf(@message_key), data)
      end
      @producer.send(record)
    rescue LogStash::ShutdownSignal
      @logger.info('Kafka producer got shutdown signal')
    rescue => e
      @logger.warn('kafka producer threw exception, restarting',
                   :exception => e)
    end
  end

end