selcuksert / log-benchmark

log-benchmark

A benchmarking tool for Log4J JdbcAppender

Program Parameters

Need to pass/have following VM parameters/system properties:

Name	Default Value	Description
MYSQL_HOST	localhost	MySQL Server Host
MYSQL_HOST	3306	MySQL Server Port
MYSQL_DB_NAME	-	DB name that hosts the log table
MYSQL_DB_USER	-	Username of DB user that has the privilege to alter the log table
MYSQL_DB_PASS	-	DB password of the MYSQL_DB_USER
ASYNC_LOGGER_ENABLED	true	Flag to decided whether Log4J Asynchronous Logger is to be used
NO_OF_THREADS	-	Number of threads that are tasked to send log events in parallel
MAX_ATTEMPTS	-	Maximum number of logging attempts for all of logger threads

Log Database

MYSQL is used in this one and HikariCP JDBC connection pooling framework is utilized under the hood.

Log Table

Such a table need to be created:

CREATE TABLE log(
    thread VARCHAR(100),
    entry_date TIMESTAMP,
    logger VARCHAR(100),
    log_level VARCHAR(100),
    message TEXT,
    exception TEXT
);