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package main
import (
"context"
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
"log"
"time"
"github.com/segmentio/kafka-go"
)
const (
kafkaBrokers = "localhost:9092"
kafkaTopic = "syslog_topic"
logMessage = "Example log message"
logFacility = "local0"
logSeverity = "info"
logTimestamp = "2006-01-02T15:04:05.999Z07:00"
)
// SyslogMessage represents the structure of the syslog-like JSON message
type SyslogMessage struct {
Message string `json:"message"`
Facility string `json:"facility"`
Severity string `json:"severity"`
Timestamp string `json:"timestamp"`
}
func main() {
// Initialize Kafka writer configuration
config := kafka.WriterConfig{
Brokers: []string{kafkaBrokers},
Topic: kafkaTopic,
Balancer: &kafka.LeastBytes{},
}
// Create Kafka writer
writer := kafka.NewWriter(config)
// Construct syslog-like JSON message
syslogMessage := SyslogMessage{
Message: logMessage,
Facility: logFacility,
Severity: logSeverity,
Timestamp: logTimestamp,
}
// Convert syslogMessage to JSON string
syslogJSON, err := json.Marshal(syslogMessage)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("Error marshaling syslog message: %v", err)
}
// Create Kafka message
message := kafka.Message{
Key: nil,
Value: syslogJSON,
}
// Send the Kafka message
err = writer.WriteMessages(context.Background(), message)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("Failed to send message to Kafka: %v", err)
}
fmt.Println("Message sent to Kafka")
// Close Kafka writer
err = writer.Close()
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("Error closing Kafka writer: %v", err)
}
}
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