Hi, Logstash is highly extensible and they include a plugin called "log4j". It works out of the box with log4j, see this guide for some screenshots and such http://blog.yeradis.com/2013/10/logstash-and-apache-log4j-or-how-to.htmlThat plugin does use the socket appender.
I have used this for some time and I have been a happy end user not really getting into technical details at all. But for new projects I want to use log4j2 and thus my question... Some efforts to get support in for log4j2 seems to exist already so I guess I will turn my attention to that. However it felt best to consult the experts of log4j first ;) However I guess I will look closer at ie. https://github.com/jurmous/logstash-log4j2and other projects for now and see if I can get one running ;) On 19 May 2014 13:27, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > So logstash expects serialized Java Log4j 1.2 event objects over a socket? > That's not going to work with 2.0 out of the box since our implement is > different. Can you provide more information to make sure we all understand > each other please? > > Gary > > <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Karl Kildén < > karl.kil...@gmail.com> </div><div>Date:05/19/2014 02:52 (GMT-05:00) > </div><div>To: Log4J Users List <log4j-user@logging.apache.org> > </div><div>Subject: Re: Logstash & Log4J2 </div><div> > </div>Hi Gary, > > Perhaps but if it is not possible it is also the wrong route... It would be > better to get proper log4j2 support done for logstash. I see some > engagement in the area when I google for it, I will try to poke around and > see if I can help with anything > > cheers > > > On 18 May 2014 16:12, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > If you want the functionality of version 1 in version 2, can you create a > > patch for a new layout and attach it with tests to a new jira? > > > > Gary > > > > <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Karl Kildén < > > karl.kil...@gmail.com> </div><div>Date:05/16/2014 16:32 (GMT-05:00) > > </div><div>To: Log4J Users List <log4j-user@logging.apache.org> > > </div><div>Subject: Logstash & Log4J2 </div><div> > > </div>Hello! > > > > Using the socket appender with log4j1 and logstash simply worked. I can't > > get it to work with log4j2. > > > > Any advice on this? Can I make socket appender behave like 1.x? > > > > cheers > > >
