Re: [PLUG] Sending a Kafka topic to syslog?

[Fred Stluka via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

JP,

I haven't done it myself yet, but it looks like writing to the syslog
from a Bash script is pretty easy, so maybe you can hook in that
way?  See:
- http://google.com/search?q=write+to+linux+log

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On 6/26/20 1:37 PM, JP Vossen via plug wrote:
> I may have a $WORK need to push a Kafka topic to syslog, or really 
> Syslog-NG if it matters.  But any time I try to Google for that I only 
> find the opposite: sending syslog into Kafka!
>
> I did find 
> https://leroyer.io/posts/2019-05-26-output-kafka-logs-to-syslog/ from 
> 2019 that talks about sending Kafka logs to syslog using `log4j`, but 
> I wonder if that really means Kafka _logs_, as in server logs, and not 
> "topics."
>
> I don't have any of the sending side toys yet, we're trying to figure 
> out if that next step is even worth it.
>
> I'd *really* rather push from the Kafka topic/node to the remote 
> syslog loghost, ideally over TCP/514 or some similar port.  If I 
> absolutely have to I can probably do a pull from the syslog side, but 
> I'd much rather not.  Simpler is also better, I'd rather not have to 
> increase my dependencies and attack surface with a lot of extra cruft.
>
> Any clues?  TIA,
> JP
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