Hi, I do not see (me, others may chime in) supporting log4j 1.2 serialized events out of the box soon. I think the best solution would be to use a Logstash appender or wait until the Logstash server supports Logj4j 2.0.
Gary On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 7:37 AM, Karl Kildén <karl.kil...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > -- E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition<http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com Home: http://garygregory.com/ Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory
