Chapter 7. Configuration, logging, and deployment

In this chapter

  • Using the configuration library
  • Logging application-level events and debug messages
  • Packaging and deployment of Akka-based applications

Thus far, we’ve focused on creating actors and working with the actor system. To create an application that can actually be run, we’ll need several other things to be bundled with it before it’s ready for deployment. First, we’ll dive into how Akka supports configuration, and then we’ll look at logging, including how you can use your own logging framework. Last, we’ll go through a deployment example.

7.1. Configuration

Akka uses the Typesafe Config Library, which sports a state-of-the-art set of capabilities. The typical features are there: ...

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