systemd input plugin for Fluentd
| fluent-plugin-systemd | fluentd | ruby |
|---|---|---|
| 0.1.x | >= 0.14.11, < 2 | >= 2.1 |
| 0.0.x | ~> 0.12.0 | >= 1.9 |
this is the maintenance branch for the 0.0.x series that supports fluentd v0.12.x we plan to backport commits from master at least until td-agent is based on fluentd v0.14
please install the 0.1.x release if you are using fluentd v0.14 for the latest and greatest features
systemd input plugin reads logs from the systemd journal
Simply use RubyGems:
gem install fluent-plugin-systemd -v 0.0.6
or
td-agent-gem install fluent-plugin-systemd -v 0.0.6
<source>
@type systemd
path /var/log/journal
filters [{ "_SYSTEMD_UNIT": "kube-proxy.service" }]
pos_file kube-proxy.pos
tag kube-proxy
read_from_head true
</source>
path
Path to the systemd journal, defaults to /var/log/journal
filters
Array of filters, see here for further documentation, defaults to no filtering.
pos file
Path to pos file, stores the journald cursor. File is created if does not exist.
read_from_head
If true reads all available journal from head, otherwise starts reading from tail, ignored if pos file exists (and is valid). Defaults to false.
strip_underscores
If true strips underscores from the beginning of systemd field names. May be useful if outputting to kibana, as underscore prefixed fields are unindexed there.
tag
Required A tag that will be added to events generated by this input.
For an example of a full working setup including the plugin, take a look at
This plugin depends on libsystemd
To run the tests with docker on several distros simply run rake
For systems with systemd installed you can run the tests against your installed libsystemd with rake test
Issues and pull requests welcome
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