v2.1

Tail logs in a directory and stream to a Kafka topic.

This is a JVM-based tail that is integrated with a Kafka Producer. As lines are added to local text files, KafkaTailer will stream them to a remote Kafka topic. It can be configured to watch a directory instead of a file.

The 2.1 release provides:
A skeleton Windows Service.

v2.0

Tail logs in a directory and stream to a Kafka topic.

This is a JVM-based tail that is integrated with a Kafka Producer. As lines are added to local text files, KafkaTailer will stream them to a remote Kafka topic. It can be configured to relinquish a lock on the file and allows for log rotations.

The 2.0 release provides additional options to:

Monitor a directory and tail new files when they are created.
Revised the invocation arguments, to use a name-based, unordered parameter system.

v1.1

Tail any text file and stream to a Kafka topic.

This is a JVM-based tail that is integrated with a Kafka Producer. As lines are added to the local text file, KafkaTailer will stream them to a remote Kafka topic. It can be configured to relinquish a lock on the file and allows for log rotations.

The 1.1 release provides additional options to:

• Start from the beginning of a text file, instead of the default; start from the end of the file.
• Manage file locking

v1.0

Tail any text file and stream to a Kafka topic.

This is a JVM-based tail that is integrated with a Kafka Producer. As lines are added to the local text file, KafkaTailer will stream them to a remote Kafka topic. It does not maintain a lock on the file and allows for log rotations.