+kafka_logger = logging.getLogger('kafka')
+kafka_logger.setLevel(logging.getLevelName(cfg.OSMMON_KAFKA_LOG_LEVEL))
+kafka_formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')
+kafka_handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
+kafka_handler.setFormatter(kafka_formatter)
+kafka_logger.addHandler(kafka_handler)
+