Add some environment variables to control debug output

db.py

@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 import random
+from os import getenv
 
 import aioredis
 import orjson
+import redis
 
 # Kafka
 from aiokafka import AIOKafkaProducer
-import redis
 
 import util
 
+trues = ("true", "1", "t", True)
+
+MONOLITH_KAFKA_ENABLED = getenv("MONOLITH_KAFKA_ENABLED", "false").lower() in trues
+
 # KAFKA_TOPIC = "msg"
 
 log = util.get_logger("db")
@@ -44,6 +49,9 @@ KEYNAME = "queue"
 
 
 async def store_kafka_batch(data):
+    if not MONOLITH_KAFKA_ENABLED:
+        log.info(f"Not storing Kafka batch of length {len(data)}, Kafka is disabled.")
+        return
     # log.debug(f"Storing Kafka batch of {len(data)} messages")
     producer = AIOKafkaProducer(bootstrap_servers="kafka:9092")
     await producer.start()