[KAFKA-244] Improve log4j appender to use kafka.producer.Producer, and support zk.connect|broker.list options

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.7.1
• Fix Version/s: 0.7.1
• Component/s: clients
• Labels: log4j newbie
• Assignee: Stefano Santoro
• Reporter: Stefano Santoro
• Created: 09/Jan/12 19:08
• Updated: 22/Sep/12 11:17
• Resolved: 13/Jan/12 19:55

Description

Taken from #kafka IRC session with Neha Narkhede:
The log4j appender is quite obsolete, there are a few things to change there. Make it use the kafka.producer.Producer instead of SyncProducer. That allows you to use either the broker.list or the zk.connect option

Sub-Tasks

• Kafka Appender causes Log4j Deadlock: Closed