Also, try omitting these properties:
<Property name="key.serializer">org.apache.kafka.common.
serialization.StringSerializer</Property>
<Property name="value.serializer">org.apache.kafka.common.
serialization.StringSerializer</Property>
Gary
On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 6:02 PM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Do you get a stack trace with the exception?
>
> Gary
>
> On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 11:03 AM, Meadowlark Bradsher <
> mbrads...@guidewire.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am attempting to use a kafka log appender. The topic is written to
>> Kafka but the appender breaks during the messaging.
>>
>> org.apache.kafka.common.errors.SerializationException: Can't convert
>> value of class [B to class
>> org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringSerializer
>> specified in value.serializer
>>
>> I had seen only one SO post about this error which seems to point to
>> Spring as the culprit but I am not using Spring.
>>
>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32368372/spring-integrati
>> on-kafka-sending-a-basic-string
>>
>> I am running this in IntelliJ without any Spring configuration. The
>> log4j2.xml file is as follows (with modification to the Kafka host).
>>
>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
>> <Configuration status="WARN">
>> <Appenders>
>> <Console name="Console" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
>> <PatternLayout pattern="%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36}
>> - %msg%n"/>
>> </Console>
>> <Kafka name="Kafka" topic="log-test">
>> <PatternLayout pattern="%date %message"/>
>> <Property name="bootstrap.servers">localhost:9092</Property>
>> <Property name="key.class.type">java.lang.String</Property>
>> <Property name="value.class.type">java.lang.String</Property>
>> <Property name="key.serializer">org.apac
>> he.kafka.common.serialization.StringSerializer</Property>
>> <Property name="value.serializer">org.ap
>> ache.kafka.common.serialization.StringSerializer</Property>
>> </Kafka>
>> </Appenders>
>> <Loggers>
>> <Root level="DEBUG">
>> <AppenderRef ref="Kafka"/>
>> </Root>
>> <Logger name="org.apache.kafka" level="INFO" >
>> <AppenderRef ref="Kafka"/>
>> </Logger>
>> <!-- avoid recursive logging/ haven't tried OFF yet -->
>> </Loggers>
>> </Configuration>
>>
>>
>> The test I am doing is
>>
>>
>>
>> private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getRootLogger();
>>
>> logger.info("{\"f1\": \"value1\"}");
>>
>>
>>
>> I just downloaded the source to log4j2 to see if this will help me
>> understand what is happening but perhaps this obvious to someone in this
>> community?
>>
>>
>>
>> Any pointers would be very helpful and appreciated.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Meadowlark Bradsher
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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