closeTimeout

Milliseconds to wait for pending messages on shutdown.

This parameter applies to omkafka: write to Apache Kafka.

Name:

closeTimeout

Scope:

action

Type:

integer

Default:

action=2000

Required?:

no

Introduced:

at least 8.x, possibly earlier

Description

Sets the time to wait in ms for draining messages submitted to the Kafka handle before closing it. The maximum across all actions is used as librdkafka’s unload timeout.

Action usage

action(type="omkafka" closeTimeout="2000")

See also

See also omkafka: write to Apache Kafka.

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