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Add mention about gelf.extensions.logging #63

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7 changes: 5 additions & 2 deletions docs/index.asciidoc
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Expand Up @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ This input will read GELF messages as events over the network,
making it a good choice if you already use Graylog2 today.

The main use case for this input is to leverage existing GELF
logging libraries such as the GELF log4j appender. A library used
logging libraries such as the GELF log4j appender, or gelf.extensions.logging provider (.Net). A library used
by this plugin has a bug which prevents it parsing uncompressed data.
If you use the log4j appender you need to configure it like this to force
gzip even for small messages:
Expand All @@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ gzip even for small messages:
<GelfLayout compressionType="GZIP" compressionThreshold="1" />
</Socket>

If you use the gelf.extensions.logging provider, you'll need to set the following variable (in configuration) to force compression for all messages:

"UdpCompressionThreshold": 0


[id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-options"]
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -141,4 +144,4 @@ e.g. `\_foo` becomes `foo`
[id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-common-options"]
include::{include_path}/{type}.asciidoc[]

:default_codec!:
:default_codec!: