vmik-fluent-plugin-google-cloud

= Google Cloud Logging plugin for {fluentd}[http://github.com/fluent/fluentd]

fluent-plugin-google-cloud is an {output plugin for fluentd}[http://docs.fluentd.org/articles/output-plugin-overview] which sends logs to the {Stackdriver Logging API}[https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/api/].

This is an official Google Ruby gem.

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== Installation

This gem is hosted at {RubyGems.org}[https://rubygems.org/gems/fluent-plugin-google-cloud] and can be installed using:

$ gem install fluent-plugin-google-cloud

Installing {google-fluentd}[https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/agent/] will also install and configure the gem.

== Configuration

To send logs to Google Cloud Logging, specify type google_cloud in a {match clause}[http://docs.fluentd.org/articles/config-file#2-ldquomatchrdquo-tell-fluentd-what-to-do] of your fluentd configuration file, for example:

<match **>
  type google_cloud
</match>

No further configuration is required. The plugin uses {Google Application Default Credentials}[https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/application-default-credentials] for authorization - for additional information see {here}[https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/agent/authorization].

The previously documented parameters auth_method, private_key_email, and private_key_path are removed, and can no longer be used.

== Copyright

Copyright:: Copyright 2014 Google Inc. All rights reserved. License:: Apache License, Version 2.0