done https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-634
On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 5:11 AM, Jun Rao <jun...@gmail.com> wrote: > This seems to be a bug in ConsoleProducer. It also compresses messages and > ignores the --compress flag. Could you file a jira? > > Thanks, > > Jun > > On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Paul Garner < > paul.gar...@rockaboxmedia.com > > wrote: > > > Neha, > > > > Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions. > > > > The only producer.properties file I can find is at: > > /home/ubuntu/kafka-0.7.2-incubating-src/config/producer.properties > > > > In there is: > > compression.codec=0 > > > > My process looks like: > > > > root 1748 1746 0 Nov19 ? 00:02:37 java -Xmx512M -server > > > -Dlog4j.configuration=file:/usr/local/bin/kafka/../config/log4j.properties > > -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote > > -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false > > -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false -cp > > > > > :/usr/local/bin/kafka/../project/boot/scala-2.8.0/lib/scala-compiler.jar:/usr/local/bin/kafka/../project/boot/scala-2.8.0/lib/scala-library.jar:/usr/local/bin/kafka/../core/target/scala_2.8.0/kafka-0.7.2.jar:/usr/local/bin/kafka/../core/lib/*.jar:/usr/local/bin/kafka/../perf/target/scala_2.8.0/kafka-perf-0.7.2.jar:/usr/local/bin/kafka/../core/lib_managed/scala_2.8.0/compile/jopt-simple-3.2.jar:/usr/local/bin/kafka/../core/lib_managed/scala_2.8.0/compile/log4j-1.2.15.jar:/usr/local/bin/kafka/../core/lib_managed/scala_2.8.0/compile/snappy-java-1.0.4.1.jar:/usr/local/bin/kafka/../core/lib_managed/scala_2.8.0/compile/zkclient-0.1.jar:/usr/local/bin/kafka/../core/lib_managed/scala_2.8.0/compile/zookeeper-3.3.4.jar > > kafka.producer.ConsoleProducer --topic logtail --zookeeper x.x.x.x:2181 > > > > But the messages come out gobbledegook unless I use a client that > > understands compressed messages, and in that client it identifies the bit > > as set to 1, gzip compression. > > > > On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 6:45 PM, Neha Narkhede <neha.narkh...@gmail.com > > >wrote: > > > > > The producer shell takes in a properties file. The default one that > > > comes with Kafka (config/producer.properties) turns compression off. > > > Can you cross check the value for compression.codec in your producer's > > > properties file ? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Neha > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 7:27 AM, Paul Garner > > > <paul.gar...@rockaboxmedia.com> wrote: > > > > I am using the kafka-proiducer-shell.sh script without the --compress > > > option > > > > > > > > however my messages seem to be gzipped > > > > > > > > the docs say compression is off by default: > > > > http://incubator.apache.org/kafka/configuration.html > > > > > > > > is it on by default now in 0.7.2? > > > > > >