This should be fixed in 0.8.2 https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-847 you can apply the v2 patch https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/attachment/12664646/KAFKA-847-v2.patch backwards if you want too.
/******************************************* Joe Stein Founder, Principal Consultant Big Data Open Source Security LLC http://www.stealth.ly Twitter: @allthingshadoop <http://www.twitter.com/allthingshadoop> ********************************************/ On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 1:56 PM, Joseph Lawson <jlaw...@roomkey.com> wrote: > I don't think the log4j appender supports patterns :( > > On Sep 22, 2014 1:14 PM, Lakshmanan Muthuraman <lakshma...@tokbox.com> > wrote: > Hello , > > I am trying to use KafkaLog4jAppender to write to kafka and also a file > appender to write to a file. The conversion pattern works for the file, but > for the kafka appender it is not working > > The output of the file appender is *2014-09-19T22:30:14.781Z INFO > com.test.poc.StartProgram Message1*But the Kafka appender has output as > *Message1* > > Find below my log4j.properties file > > log4j.rootCategory=INFO > log4j.appender.file=org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender > log4j.appender.file.DatePattern='.'yyyy-MM-dd-HH > log4j.appender.file.File=logs/test.log > log4j.appender.file.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout > > log4j.appender.file.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'}{UTC} > %p %C %m%n > > log4j.logger.com=INFO,file,KAFKA > #Kafka Appender > log4j.appender.KAFKA=kafka.producer.KafkaLog4jAppender > log4j.appender.KAFKA.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout > > log4j.appender.KAFKA.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'}{UTC} > %p %C %m%n > > log4j.appender.KAFKA.ProducerType=async > log4j.appender.KAFKA.BrokerList=localhost:9092 > log4j.appender.KAFKA.Topic=test`enter code here` > log4j.appender.KAFKA.Serializer=kafka.test.AppenderStringSerializer >
