Fluentd Log Collector For Kubernetes

This image captures logs from Docker containers, enriches with Kubernetes metadata & pushes to the specified Elasticsearch service deployed in your Kubernetes environment.

You can configure behaviour via the following environment variables:

• ELASTICSEARCH_HOST - the Elasticsearh host name to send data to (default: es-logging.default.svc)
• ELASTICSEARCH_PORT - the Elasticsearh port to send data to (default: 9200)
• ELASTICSEARCH_SCHEME - http or https (default: http)
• ELASTICSEARCH_USER - user to connect with
• ELASTICSEARCH_PASSWORD - password to connect with
• FLUENTD_FLUSH_INTERVAL - how often to flush fluentd data (default: 10s)
• FLUENTD_FLUSH_THREADS - number of threads to use to flush logs (default: 1)
• FLUENTD_RETRY_LIMIT - number of retries on flush failures (default: 10)
• FLUENTD_DISABLE_RETRY_LIMIT - disable retry limit (default: true)
• FLUENTD_RETRY_WAIT - time to wait between retries (default: 1s)
• FLUENTD_MAX_RETRY_WAIT - maximum time to wait between retries (default: 60s)
• FLUENTD_BUFFER_CHUNK_LIMIT - max buffer chunk size (default: 8m)
• FLUENTD_BUFFER_QUEUE_LIMIT - max buffer queue size (default: 8192)
• FLUENTD_BUFFER_TYPE - buffer type: memory or file (default: memory)
• FLUENTD_BUFFER_PATH - buffer file path if using a file buffer (default: /var/fluentd/buffer)
• FLUENTD_LOGSTASH_FORMAT - use logstash format (default true)

For more information on Fluentd buffer plugins & options, see http://docs.fluentd.org/articles/buffer-plugin-overview.