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Mikael Ståldal commented on LOG4J2-2062:
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You can do that, but maybe keep the same ticket but create another PR?
It is OK to have multiple PRs for the same ticket.
I would like both to be done before the next release.
> Add possibility of sending the key of a message to Kafka using KafkaAppender
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> Key: LOG4J2-2062
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-2062
> Project: Log4j 2
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Appenders
> Affects Versions: 2.9.0, 2.9.1
> Reporter: Jorge Sanchez
> Assignee: Mikael Ståldal
> Priority: Minor
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> When using the KafkaAppender the KafkaManager only sends the value of a
> message to a Kafka topic.
> It could be useful to be able to assign a value to the key of that message
> via configuration instead of having it null.
> Check
> https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/blob/master/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/appender/mom/kafka/KafkaManager.java#L99
> Updated with link to the PR: https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/112
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