Re: Default kafka log.dir /tmp | tmp-file-cleaner process

2018-04-18 Thread Marc
Hey guys, thanks for the answers so far. I got your points. I would recommend to add a hint like „Don’t use /tmp as default in production. Please change this parameter in a production environment“. They are doing this with other parameters like the replication factor in the documenation, too.

Re: Default kafka log.dir /tmp | tmp-file-cleaner process

2018-04-18 Thread Peter Bukowinski
I believe that default parameters should help people new to a product get a test instance running relatively easily. Setting the log.dir to temp aligns with this philosophy. Once you’re out of a testing phase, you’ll hopefully be familiar enough with the product to set appropriate values for co

RE: Default kafka log.dir /tmp | tmp-file-cleaner process

2018-04-18 Thread adrien ruffie
Hi Marc, I think it's depends rather on "log.dirs" parameter. Because this parameter would prefer to use in more convenient case, "log.dir" parameter is secondary. logs.dirs: The directories in which the log data is kept. If not set, the value in log.dir is used log.dir: The directory in wh