fluent-plugin-newrelic

A Fluentd output plugin that sends logs to New Relic

This project is provided AS-IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OR SUPPORT, although you can report issues and contribute to the project here on GitHub.

Examples

Please see the examples directory for ways to build a Docker image with the New Relic output plugin and other configuration types that could be useful in your environment.

Prerequisites

Fluentd >= v1.0

Installation

Add the plugin to your fluentd agent:

fluent-gem install fluent-plugin-newrelic

If you are using td-agent:

td-agent-gem install fluent-plugin-newrelic

For more info, review Fluentd's official documentation.

Configuration

Required plugin configuration

Exactly one of the following:

Property	Description
api_key	your New Relic API Insert key
license_key	your New Relic License key

Optional plugin configuration

Property	Description	Default value
base_uri	New Relic ingestion endpoint	https://log-api.newrelic.com/log/v1

EU plugin configuration

If you are running this plugin in the eu set the base_uri to https://log-api.eu.newrelic.com/log/v1.

Fields

• To make Kubernetes log forwarding easier, any log field in a log event will be renamed to message, overwriting any message field. Kubernetes logs have their messages in a log field, while we want messages in a message field.

Example

Add one of the following blocks to your Fluentd config file (with your specific key), then restart Fluentd.

Using Insights Inserts Key

Example using Insights Insert key:

<match **>
  @type newrelic
  api_key <NEW_RELIC_INSIGHTS_INSERT_KEY>
</match>

Getting your New Relic Insights Insert key: https://insights.newrelic.com/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/manage/api_keys

Using License Key

Example using License key:

<match **>
  @type newrelic
  license_key <NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY>
</match>

Getting your New Relic license key: https://rpm.newrelic.com/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>

Copyright

• Copyright(c) 2019 - New Relic
• License
  • Apache License, Version 2.0