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Hi Sanjay,</div>
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Can you try switching the define and the include, like:</div>
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@version: 3.37
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<div>@define kafka-implementation kafka-c<br>
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<div>Cheers,</div>
<div>Attila<br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Here is what happens when I include it. It tires to use kafka-java</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Error parsing config, syntax error, unexpected LL_IDENTIFIER, expecting '}' in block destination kafka() at /usr/share/syslog-ng/include/scl/kafka/kafka.conf:24:4:5-4:15:</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">2 #Start Block block destination kafka() at /usr/share/syslog-ng/include/scl/kafka/kafka.conf:24</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">4-----> kafka-java(bootstrap_servers("127.0.0.1:9092") topic("{incoming}") );</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">4-----> ^^^^^^^^^^</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">6 #End Block block destination kafka() at /usr/share/syslog-ng/include/scl/kafka/kafka.conf:24</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Included from /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:6:3-9:4:</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">2 @define kafka-implementation kafka-c</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">5 destination d_kafka {</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">6-----> kafka(</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">6-----> ^^^^^^^</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">7-----> bootstrap-servers("127.0.0.1:9092")</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">8-----> topic("{incoming}")</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">9-----> );</p>
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<p class="x_xmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in">I am trying to setup Syslog-NG t send output to Kakka. I am running ubuntu 18.04, Syslog-NG version 3.37.</p>
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<p class="x_xmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in">This is my syslog-ng.conf ( I have #scl.conf because if I don’t it tries to install kafka-java)</p>
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<p class="x_xmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in">@version: 3.37</p>
<p class="x_xmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in">@define kafka-implementation kafka-c</p>
<p class="x_xmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in">#@include "scl.conf"</p>
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<p class="x_xmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in">destination d_kafka {</p>
<p class="x_xmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> kafka(</p>
<p class="x_xmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> bootstrap-servers("127.0.0.1:9092")</p>
<p class="x_xmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> topic("{incoming}")</p>
<p class="x_xmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> );</p>
<p class="x_xmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in">};</p>
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<p class="x_xmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in">This is the error when I try and run sudo syslog-ng</p>
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<p class="x_xmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Error parsing config, syntax error, unexpected LL_IDENTIFIER, expecting '}' in /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:6:3-6:8:</p>
<p class="x_xmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in">1 @version: 3.37</p>
<p class="x_xmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in">2 @define kafka-implementation kafka-c</p>
<p class="x_xmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in">3 #@include "scl.conf"</p>
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<p class="x_xmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in">5 destination d_kafka {</p>
<p class="x_xmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in">6-----> kafka(</p>
<p class="x_xmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in">6-----> ^^^^^</p>
<p class="x_xmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in">7 bootstrap-servers("127.0.0.1:9092")</p>
<p class="x_xmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in">8 topic("{incoming}")</p>
<p class="x_xmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in">9 );</p>
<p class="x_xmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in">10 };</p>
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<p class="x_xmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Any help will be appreciated.</p>
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<p class="x_xmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in">SKP</p>
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