Logs Collected

The four types of logs collected and sent to Stackdriver are:

• controller
• log_cleaner
• server
• state_change

Below are some example screenshots to illustrate what a user will see within Google Stackdriver Logging

Supported Versions

Apache Kafka: 1.0.0 - 2.0.10+

Log Collection Setup

Follow these steps to set up log collection from Apache Kafka.

Pre-requisites

Locate the local Tomcat access log directory.

Configure a Apache Tomcat Source

1. Install the BindPlane Log Agent on the host system.
2. Login to BindPlane and select the Logs tab.

3. Select the Sources tab.

4. In the top-right portion of the screen, click on the Add Source Configuration button

5. Choose Apache Kafka
6. Select which log files you want to monitor, and fill out the Kafka file locations for them.

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Kafka Log location

To find your Kafka logging location you can check your Kafka configuration.

For more information, Click here.