Github user ottobackwards commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/metron/pull/1099#discussion_r202808756
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@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@ topology in kafka. Errors are collected with the
context of the error
(e.g. stacktrace) and original message causing the error and sent to an
`error` queue. Invalid messages as determined by global validation
functions are also treated as errors and sent to an `error` queue.
+
+Multiple sensors can be aggregated into a single Storm topology. When this
is done, there will be
+multiple Kafka spouts, but only a single parser bolt which will handle
delegating to the correct
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The bolt is actually executing the parser, not sending it to kafka though.
Let's say that I route all my syslog stuff ( multiple message types )
through 1 kafka topic ( not tied to _ANY_ sensor. I would want to point this
bolt at that one topic, and have it route to multiple parsers. I think then
they all just go to enrichment?
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