influxdb-log4j-appender

InfluxDb Appenders for Log4j

Motivation

Log4j is widely used as logging tool. As there was a lack of an proper Implementation of an InfluxDB Appender I tried my best here.

InfluxDb support

This Appender uses the influx-java 2.4 driver, supporting only Versions >0.9 of InfluxDb

Usage with log4j.properties

How to add this appender to log4j.properties:

# InfluxDb Appender
log4j.appender.INFLUXDB=info.scheinfrei.log4j.InfluxDbAppender

# Optional settings. The current values are the default ones
#log4j.appender.INFLUXDB.host = localhost
#log4j.appender.INFLUXDB.port = 8086
#log4j.appender.INFLUXDB.username = "root"
#log4j.appender.INFLUXDB.password = ""
#log4j.appender.INFLUXDB.databaseName = "Logging"
#log4j.appender.INFLUXDB.measurement = "log_entries"
#log4j.appender.INFLUXDB.appName = "default"
#log4j.appender.INFLUXDB.retentionPolicy = "autogen"
#log4j.appender.INFLUXDB.consistencyLevelWrite = "ONE"

Usage with log4j.xml

How to add this appender to log4j.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd">

<log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/">
  <appender name="INFLUXDB" class="info.scheinfrei.log4j.InfluxDbAppender">
    <!-- Optional settings. The current values are the default ones -->
    <!--<param name="host" value="localhost"/>-->
    <!--<param name="port" value="8086"/>-->
    <!--<param name="username" value="root"/>-->
    <!--<param name="password" value=""/>-->
    <!--<param name="databaseName" value="Logging"/>-->
    <!--<param name="measurement" value="log_entries"/>-->
    <!--<param name="appName" value="default"/>-->
    <!--<param name="retentionPolicy" value="autogen"/>-->
    <!--<param name="consistencyLevelWrite" value="ONE"/>-->
  </appender>

  <root>
    <priority value ="info" />
    <appender-ref ref="INFLUXDB" />
  </root>

</log4j:configuration>

How to build:

mvn install -DskipTests=true

Future plans

• BatchPoint mode support
• layout support

License

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");