Dropwizard ELK Appender

Dropwizard Logging Appender to send logging events to the ELK stack.

How to use

Install library with Maven:

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.kiwiproject</groupId>
        <artifactId>dropwizard-elk-appender</artifactId>
        <version>[current-version]</version>
    </dependency>

Add to Dropwizard config:

    logging:
      level: WARN
      appenders:
        - type: elk
          host: localhost
          port: 9000

Properties that can be set in the config:

Property Name	Default	Description
host (required)	blank	Hostname for the logstash server
port (required)	0	Port (greater than zero) for the logstash server
includeCallerData	false	Whether the calling data gets included in the message to logstash
includeMdc	true	Whether to include the MDC in the message to logstash
includeContext	true	Whether to include the logging context in the message to logstash
customFields	empty	Map of custom fields that are to be sent to logstash for processing
fieldNames	empty	Map of field name mappings if overrides are needed