fluent-plugin-logentries_ssl

Logentries output plugin for Fluentd

Overview

Buffer and perioidically send event logs to Logentries. It sends whole record as json, if a logentries TCP token is configured for the tag.

Reguirements

• fluentd >= v0.14.0
• ruby >= 2.1

Installation

gem install fluent-plugin-logentries_ssl

Configuration

One of parameters token_path or default_token must be given. if token path is not defined, the Logentries token default_token is used for all fluent events. When using default_token with tokens from token_path, it will be used as a fallback after trying to match a tag to a token in token_path.

parameter	*description	default value
token_path	Path to YAML formatted file containing 'tag: logentries-token' pairs	nil
default_token	A token string to be used either for all tags, or as fallback after token_path	nil

<match pattern>
  @type logentries_ssl
  token_path /path/to/tokens.yml
</match>

or with default_token:

<match pattern>
  @type logentries_ssl
  token_path /path/to/tokens.yml
  default_token 'aaa-bbb-ccc'
</match>

<match pattern>
  @type logentries_ssl
  token_path /path/to/tokens.yml
  <buffer>
    @type file
    path /path/to_le_buffer.*.buffer
    flush_interval 5s
    flush_at_shutdown true
  </buffer>
</match>

with tokens.yml

tag-to-send: [logentries tcp token]
other-tag: [other token]

Event tag must match key in tokens file.

other configuration keys:

parameter	*description	default value
le_host	Logentries hostname to use	data.logentries.com
le_port	Logentries port to use	443
max_retries	How many times event send is retried on errors	3
json	Send record as json	true
verify_fqdn	Verify FQDN for SSL	true

Alternatives

• fluent-plugin-logentries
• fluent-plugin-simple-logentries

Copyright

• Copyright(c) 2017- larte
• License
  • Apache License, Version 2.0