[syslog-ng] Module development guide

[Vincent Bernat]

 ❦ 22 janvier 2016 12:43 +0100, "Scheidler, Balázs" <balazs.scheidler at balabit.com> :

> well, the afsocket one. that's a completely nonblocking destination
> that implements udp/tcp/unix-stream/unix-dgram/syslog/network sources
> and destinations.
>
> It basically boils down to using a LogWriter class that does the heavy
> lifting at least as long as your transport protocol is simple enough.
> Probably the simplest is to create a LogProto implementation and let
> the afsocket driver do the rest.
>
> Asynchronous sources/destinations operate on a set of worker threads
> (in contrast to a dedicated thread) and are driven by the epoll()
> based event loop.

It's for the librdkafka-based kafka destination. So, the third-party
library is taking care of all the transport stuff. Is the afsocket one
still a good example for async stuff in this case? I didn't have a look
yet.
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