Fluentd
1.0
0.121.0
1.0
0.121.0
  • Introduction
  • Overview
    • Life of a Fluentd event
    • Support
    • FAQ
    • Logo
    • fluent-package v5 vs td-agent v4
  • Installation
    • Before Installation
    • Install fluent-package
      • RPM Package (Red Hat Linux)
      • DEB Package (Debian/Ubuntu)
      • .dmg Package (macOS)
      • .msi Installer (Windows)
    • Install calyptia-fluentd
      • RPM Package (Red Hat Linux)
      • DEB Package (Debian/Ubuntu)
      • .dmg Package (macOS)
      • .msi Installer (Windows)
    • Install by Ruby Gem
    • Install from Source
    • Post Installation Guide
    • Obsolete Installation
      • Treasure Agent v4 (EOL) Installation
        • Install by RPM Package v4 (Red Hat Linux)
        • Install by DEB Package v4 (Debian/Ubuntu)
        • Install by .dmg Package v4 (macOS)
        • Install by .msi Installer v4 (Windows)
      • Treasure Agent v3 (EOL) Installation
        • Install by RPM Package v3 (Red Hat Linux)
        • Install by DEB Package v3 (Debian/Ubuntu)
        • Install by .dmg Package v3 (macOS)
        • Install by .msi Installer v3 (Windows)
  • Configuration
    • Config File Syntax
    • Config File Syntax (YAML)
    • Routing Examples
    • Config: Common Parameters
    • Config: Parse Section
    • Config: Buffer Section
    • Config: Format Section
    • Config: Extract Section
    • Config: Inject Section
    • Config: Transport Section
    • Config: Storage Section
    • Config: Service Discovery Section
  • Deployment
    • System Configuration
    • Logging
    • Signals
    • RPC
    • High Availability Config
    • Performance Tuning
    • Multi Process Workers
    • Failure Scenarios
    • Plugin Management
    • Trouble Shooting
    • Fluentd UI
    • Linux Capability
    • Command Line Option
    • Source Only Mode
    • Zero-downtime restart
  • Container Deployment
    • Docker Image
    • Docker Logging Driver
    • Docker Compose
    • Kubernetes
  • Monitoring Fluentd
    • Overview
    • Monitoring by Prometheus
    • Monitoring by REST API
  • Input Plugins
    • tail
    • forward
    • udp
    • tcp
    • unix
    • http
    • syslog
    • exec
    • sample
    • monitor_agent
    • windows_eventlog
  • Output Plugins
    • file
    • forward
    • http
    • exec
    • exec_filter
    • secondary_file
    • copy
    • relabel
    • roundrobin
    • stdout
    • null
    • s3
    • kafka
    • elasticsearch
    • opensearch
    • mongo
    • mongo_replset
    • rewrite_tag_filter
    • webhdfs
    • buffer
  • Filter Plugins
    • record_transformer
    • grep
    • parser
    • geoip
    • stdout
  • Parser Plugins
    • regexp
    • apache2
    • apache_error
    • nginx
    • syslog
    • ltsv
    • csv
    • tsv
    • json
    • msgpack
    • multiline
    • none
  • Formatter Plugins
    • out_file
    • json
    • ltsv
    • csv
    • msgpack
    • hash
    • single_value
    • stdout
    • tsv
  • Buffer Plugins
    • memory
    • file
    • file_single
  • Storage Plugins
    • local
  • Service Discovery Plugins
    • static
    • file
    • srv
  • Metrics Plugins
    • local
  • How-to Guides
    • Stream Analytics with Materialize
    • Send Apache Logs to S3
    • Send Apache Logs to Minio
    • Send Apache Logs to Mongodb
    • Send Syslog Data to Graylog
    • Send Syslog Data to InfluxDB
    • Send Syslog Data to Sematext
    • Data Analytics with Treasure Data
    • Data Collection with Hadoop (HDFS)
    • Simple Stream Processing with Fluentd
    • Stream Processing with Norikra
    • Stream Processing with Kinesis
    • Free Alternative To Splunk
    • Email Alerting like Splunk
    • How to Parse Syslog Messages
    • Cloud Data Logging with Raspberry Pi
  • Language Bindings
    • Java
    • Ruby
    • Python
    • Perl
    • PHP
    • Nodejs
    • Scala
  • Plugin Development
    • How to Write Input Plugin
    • How to Write Base Plugin
    • How to Write Buffer Plugin
    • How to Write Filter Plugin
    • How to Write Formatter Plugin
    • How to Write Output Plugin
    • How to Write Parser Plugin
    • How to Write Storage Plugin
    • How to Write Service Discovery Plugin
    • How to Write Tests for Plugin
    • Configuration Parameter Types
    • Upgrade Plugin from v0.12
  • Plugin Helper API
    • Plugin Helper: Child Process
    • Plugin Helper: Compat Parameters
    • Plugin Helper: Event Emitter
    • Plugin Helper: Event Loop
    • Plugin Helper: Extract
    • Plugin Helper: Formatter
    • Plugin Helper: Inject
    • Plugin Helper: Parser
    • Plugin Helper: Record Accessor
    • Plugin Helper: Server
    • Plugin Helper: Socket
    • Plugin Helper: Storage
    • Plugin Helper: Thread
    • Plugin Helper: Timer
    • Plugin Helper: Http Server
    • Plugin Helper: Service Discovery
  • Troubleshooting Guide
  • Appendix
    • Update from v0.12 to v1
    • td-agent v2 vs v3 vs v4
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  • What is fluent-package?
  • How to install fluent-package
  • Step 0: Before Installation
  • Step 1: Install from Apt Repository
  • Step 2: Launch Daemon
  • systemd
  • Step 3: Post Sample Logs via HTTP
  • Next Steps

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  1. Installation
  2. Install fluent-package

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This article explains how to install stable versions of fluent-package deb packages, the stable Fluentd distribution packages maintained by .

What is fluent-package?

Please see .

How to install fluent-package

NOTE:

  • fluent-package will be shipped in two flavors - normal release version and LTS (Long Term Support) version. See about difference between this two flavors.

  • If you upgrade from td-agent v4, See .

  • Do not directly upgrade from v3 to v5. Such a workflow is not supported. It causes a trouble. Upgrade in stages. (v3 to v4, then v4 to v5)

The following are deprecated td-agent (EOL) information:

  • About , See .

  • About , see .

Step 0: Before Installation

Please follow the to configure your OS properly.

Step 1: Install from Apt Repository

A shell script is provided to automate the installation process for each version. The shell script registers a new apt repository at /etc/apt/sources.list.d/fluent.sources (or /etc/apt/sources.list.d/fluent-lts.sources) and installs the fluent-package deb package.

For Ubuntu Noble:

fluent-package 5 (LTS)

curl -fsSL https://toolbelt.treasuredata.com/sh/install-ubuntu-noble-fluent-package5-lts.sh | sh

fluent-package 5

curl -fsSL https://toolbelt.treasuredata.com/sh/install-ubuntu-noble-fluent-package5.sh | sh

For Ubuntu Jammy:

fluent-package 5 (LTS)

curl -fsSL https://toolbelt.treasuredata.com/sh/install-ubuntu-jammy-fluent-package5-lts.sh | sh

fluent-package 5

curl -fsSL https://toolbelt.treasuredata.com/sh/install-ubuntu-jammy-fluent-package5.sh | sh

For Ubuntu Focal:

fluent-package 5 (LTS)

curl -fsSL https://toolbelt.treasuredata.com/sh/install-ubuntu-focal-fluent-package5-lts.sh | sh

fluent-package 5

curl -fsSL https://toolbelt.treasuredata.com/sh/install-ubuntu-focal-fluent-package5.sh | sh

For Debian Bookworm:

fluent-package 5 (LTS)

curl -fsSL https://toolbelt.treasuredata.com/sh/install-debian-bookworm-fluent-package5-lts.sh | sh

fluent-package 5

curl -fsSL https://toolbelt.treasuredata.com/sh/install-debian-bookworm-fluent-package5.sh | sh

For Debian Bullseye:

fluent-package 5 (LTS)

curl -fsSL https://toolbelt.treasuredata.com/sh/install-debian-bullseye-fluent-package5-lts.sh | sh

fluent-package 5

curl -fsSL https://toolbelt.treasuredata.com/sh/install-debian-bullseye-fluent-package5.sh | sh

Step 2: Launch Daemon

systemd

Use /lib/systemd/system/fluentd script to start, stop, or restart the agent:

$ sudo systemctl start fluentd.service
$ sudo systemctl status fluentd.service
 sudo systemctl status fluentd
● fluentd.service - fluentd: All in one package of Fluentd
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/fluentd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Wed 2023-08-16 08:18:22 UTC; 18s ago
       Docs: https://docs.fluentd.org/
    Process: 494 ExecStart=/opt/fluent/bin/fluentd --log $FLUENT_PACKAGE_LOG_FILE --daemon /var/run/fluent/fluentd.pid $FLUENT_PACKAGE_OPTI>
   Main PID: 826 (fluentd)
      Tasks: 9 (limit: 4660)
     Memory: 95.4M
        CPU: 731ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/fluentd.service
             ├─826 /opt/fluent/bin/ruby /opt/fluent/bin/fluentd --log /var/log/fluent/fluentd.log --daemon /var/run/fluent/fluentd.pid
             └─833 /opt/fluent/bin/ruby -Eascii-8bit:ascii-8bit /opt/fluent/bin/fluentd --log /var/log/fluent/fluentd.log --daemon /var/run>

To customize systemd behavior, put your fluentd.service in /etc/systemd/system.

NOTE: In fluent-package v5, path is different. /opt/fluent/bin instead of /opt/td-agent/bin

Step 3: Post Sample Logs via HTTP

The default configuration (/etc/fluent/fluentd.conf) is to receive logs at an HTTP endpoint and route them to stdout. For fluent-package logs, see /var/log/fluent/fluentd.log.

You can post sample log records with curl command:

$ curl -X POST -d 'json={"json":"message"}' http://localhost:8888/debug.test
$ tail -n 1 /var/log/fluent/fluentd.log
2018-01-01 17:51:47 -0700 debug.test: {"json":"message"}

Next Steps

You are now ready to collect real logs with Fluentd. Refer to the following tutorials on how to collect data from various sources:

  • Basic Configuration

  • Application Logs

  • Examples

NOTE: If your OS is not supported, consider instead.

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There are some commercial supports for Fluentd, see . If you use Fluentd on production, Let's share your use-case/testimonial on page. Please consider to feedback via .

If this article is incorrect or outdated, or omits critical information, please . is an open-source project under . All components are available under the Apache 2 License.

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