On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 11:31 PM, David Lang <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 9 Dec 2013, Mike Hoskins (michoski) wrote: > > -----Original Message----- >> From: David Lang <[email protected]> >> >>> >>> >> but you can't just say "it would be good to have omkafka", you need to >>> explain to people who have never heard of kafka before why they should be >>> interested in it. I don't think anyone has even posted a link to kafka to >>> point us at the right thing to look at yet. >>> >>> Or you can create a simple omkafka module (or sponsor the development of >>> one) and contribute it. Even if the first version isn't the fastest >>> possible, once you get something that works at all, if others find it >>> useful they will help improve it (sometimes including re-writitng it) >>> >> >> yep this is what i tried to imply i was considering by showing interest >> and saving this thread. given my skillset i wouldn't be able to turn out >> something production grade, but might be able to get a PoC going as i get >> more experience with kafka in the current project i'm working on...that in >> turn might possibly pique other's interest. >> > > the rsyslog module interface is not that bad to deal with. you don't have > to deal with most of the rsyslog internals, you can mostly take a template > and put in the stuff specific to your interface. The elasticsearch module > is probably one of the better matches for what you are doing to start with. > > note that in v8 the modules are changing quite a bit, so you may want to > start there.
The main effort required for these kind of modules for *me* is to learn about the new system and setup a test lab. The actual integration is usually done quickly. So if I get something that I just need to "correct" in rsyslog terms and can sent back for testing to somebody (even without need to setup a local test environment) greatly helps getting such things done. > > i'm the silly type that assume people writing code now how to google. :-) >> not being flippant, but when i got pulled into my first project and started >> hearing devs buzz about kafka i started searching and found a lot of info. >> so finding out what it is and how it works is easy, past that point it's up >> to you and others if you have interest to write code...if not someone else >> will. >> > > there's only so many hours in a day That's the key issue here. Look at the mile-long feature request list. There are many things on it that many more folks have demanded. For the past two month, I am working much more than full time on rsyslog, yet the list is still growing. Of course, I'd like to have a connector for everything, but it doesn't help if folks just contribute new ideas but not new code (or money so that I can ask someone else in Adiscon to take care of that...). Not meant harshly, just as a reality check ;) Rainer _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you DON'T LIKE THAT.
