---
title: "Configure log output for the Kafka outbound connector"
description: "Configure logging for the Aerospike Kafka outbound connector in aerospike-kafka-outbound.yml."
---

# Configure log output for the Kafka outbound connector

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The `logging` section of the `/etc/aerospike-kafka-outbound/aerospike-kafka-outbound.yml` controls log output. Generated log files are rotated daily. Logs for the previous 30 days are retained by default.

| Option | Required | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| file | No | N/A | Output log file path. Rotated logs are placed in the same folder as this log file. |
| enable-console-logging | No | false | When `true` and a log file is specified, logging is sent to both the console and the log file. `enable-console-logging` is `false` by default, but it is forced to `true` if a log file is _not_ specified. |
| max-history | No | 30 | Maximum number of log files to retain. |
| levels | No | N/A | Map from logger name to its log level. Valid log levels are `error`, `warn`, `info`, `debug`, and `trace`. |
| ticker-interval | No | 10 | Ticker log interval in seconds. |
| format | No | simple | Format of the log. See [Logging formats](#logging-formats) for details. |

## Logging formats

Logs can be output in one of the following logging formats:

| Format | Description |
| --- | --- |
| simple | Simple space delimited format of a log line. |
| json | JSON formatted logs. |

## Example

```yaml
logging:

    file: /var/log/aerospike-kafka-outbound/aerospike-kafka-outbound.log

    levels:

        root: info # Set default logging level to info.

        record-parser: debug # The Aerospike record parser class.

        server: debug # The server class logs.

        com.aerospike.connect: debug # Set all the classes to default log level.

        com.kafka.clients: warn # Set the config level at Kafka producer/client module to warning level.
```