Fluentd GELF output and formatter plugins

This is a fork of the fluent-plugin-gelf-hs (https://github.com/hotschedules/fluent-plugin-gelf-hs), which is no longer maintained.

Overview

A Fluentd output plugin that sends logs to Graylog2.

Prerequisites

Fluentd version 1.0 or higher.

Installation

Add the plugin to your fluentd agent:

fluent-gem install fluent-plugin-gelf-best

If you are using td-agent:

td-agent-gem install fluent-plugin-gelf-best

For more info, review Fluentd's official documentation.

Output plugin configuration

<match **>
  type gelf
  host <remote GELF host>
  port <remote GELF port>
  protocol <tcp or udp (default)>
  tls <true or false (default)>
  tls_options <{} (default)> for options see https://github.com/graylog-labs/gelf-rb/blob/72916932b789f7a6768c3cdd6ab69a3c942dbcef/lib/gelf/transport/tcp_tls.rb#L7-L12
  max_bytes <maximum message size (3200 default)>
  [ fluent buffered output plugin configuration ]
</match>

Formatter plugin configuration

<match **>
  type file (any type that that takes a format argument)
  format gelf
  [ fluent file output plugin configuration ]
</match>

License

fluent-plugin-gelf-best is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License.

Copyright

• Copyright(c) 2024 - Bartosz Michałkiewicz
• License
  • Apache License, Version 2.0