spsusbilla/fluent-plugin-kafka

Fluentd plugin for kafka-0.8 plus

Fluent::Plugin::Kafka

TODO: Write a gem description TODO: Also, I need to write tests

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'fluent-plugin-kafka'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install fluent-plugin-kafka

Usage

Input plugin

<source>
  type   kafka
  host   <broker host>
  port   <broker port: default=9092>
  topics <listening topics(separate with comma',')>
  format <input text type (text|json)>
  add_prefix <tag prefix (Optional)>
  add_suffix <tag suffix (Optional)>
</source>

Output plugin (non-buffered)

<match *.**>
  type             kafka
  brokers          <broker1_host>:<broker1_ip>,<broker2_host>:<broker2_ip>,..
  default_topic    <output topic>
  output_data_type (json|ltsv|attr:<record name>)
</match>

Buffered output plugin

<match *.**>
  type             kafka_buffered
  brokers          <broker1_host>:<broker1_ip>,<broker2_host>:<broker2_ip>,..
  default_topic    <output topic>
  flush_interval   <flush interval (sec) :default => 60>
  buffer_type      (file|memory)
  output_data_type (json|ltsv|attr:<record name>)
</match>

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Added some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request