From 06de24a5ef755e4bd2f0b0dbe56718938d450973 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daijiro Fukuda Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 14:12:12 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] Add description about last retry and add examples Signed-off-by: Daijiro Fukuda --- configuration/buffer-section.md | 6 ++++- output/README.md | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 2 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/configuration/buffer-section.md b/configuration/buffer-section.md index 6da89cb5..8ec5a7bf 100644 --- a/configuration/buffer-section.md +++ b/configuration/buffer-section.md @@ -494,7 +494,11 @@ Following are the flushing parameters for chunks to optimize performance \(laten * Default: 72h * The maximum time \(seconds\) to retry to flush again the failed chunks, - until the plugin discards the buffer chunks + until the plugin discards the buffer chunks. + + If the next retry is going to exceed this time limit, the last retry + + will be made at exactly this time limit. * `retry_forever` \[bool\] * Default: `false` * If true, plugin will ignore `retry_timeout` and `retry_max_times` diff --git a/output/README.md b/output/README.md index b21b911a..98af696d 100644 --- a/output/README.md +++ b/output/README.md @@ -181,6 +181,18 @@ If the bottom chunk write out fails, it will remain in the queue and Fluentd wil Writing out the bottom chunk is considered to be a failure if `Output#write` or `Output#try_write` method throws an exception. +The retry timings of `retry_timeout: 100s`. + +| N-th retry | Elapsed | +| :--- | :--- | +| 1th | 1s | +| 2th | 3s | +| 3th | 7s | +| 4th | 15s | +| 5th | 31s | +| 6th | 63s | +| 7th | 100s | + #### `retry_type` Specifies how to wait for the next retry to flush buffer. @@ -198,9 +210,9 @@ Default: `false` #### `retry_timeout` -The maximum seconds to retry to flush while failing, until the plugin discards the buffer chunks. +The maximum seconds to retry to flush while failing, until the plugin discards the buffer chunks. If the next retry is going to exceed this time limit, the last retry will be made at exactly this time limit. -Default: `72` \(hours\) +Default: `72h` \(72 hours\) #### `retry_max_times` @@ -268,5 +280,37 @@ This example sends logs to Elasticsearch using a file buffer `/var/log/td-agent/ NOTE: `` plugin receives the primary's buffer chunk directly. So, you need to check if your secondary plugin works with the primary setting. +The retry timings of `retry_timeout: 100s` with the secondary. + +| N-th retry | Elapsed | Output plugin | +| :--- | :--- | :--- | +| 1th | 1s | primary | +| 2th | 3s | primary | +| 3th | 7s | primary | +| 4th | 15s | primary | +| 5th | 31s | primary | +| 6th | 63s | primary | +| 7th | 80s | secondary | +| 8th | 81s | secondary | +| 9th | 83s | secondary | +| 10th | 87s | secondary | +| 11th | 95s | secondary | +| 12th | 100s | secondary | + +The retry timings of `retry_max_times: 10` with the secondary. + +| N-th retry | Elapsed | Output plugin | +| :--- | :--- | :--- | +| 1th | 1s | primary | +| 2th | 3s | primary | +| 3th | 7s | primary | +| 4th | 15s | primary | +| 5th | 31s | primary | +| 6th | 63s | primary | +| 7th | 127s | primary | +| 8th | 255s | primary | +| 9th | 511s | primary | +| 10th | 818s | secondary | + If this article is incorrect or outdated, or omits critical information, please [let us know](https://github.com/fluent/fluentd-docs-gitbook/issues?state=open). [Fluentd](http://www.fluentd.org/) is an open-source project under [Cloud Native Computing Foundation \(CNCF\)](https://cncf.io/). All components are available under the Apache 2 License.