All valid points. This 24h/day limit seems to be a problem for many of us....
If/when you need somebody to test Rsyslog => Kafka, we (Sematext) will be happy to help with that. Otis -- Performance Monitoring * Log Analytics * Search Analytics Solr & Elasticsearch Support * http://sematext.com/ On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 4:34 AM, Rainer Gerhards <[email protected]>wrote: > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
