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# Raspbian / Raspberry Pi
# Raspbian and Raspberry Pi

Fluent Bit is distributed as **fluent-bit** package and is available for the Raspberry, specifically for [Raspbian](http://raspbian.org) distribution, the following versions are supported:
Fluent Bit is distributed as the `fluent-bit` package and is available for the
Raspberry, specifically for [Raspbian](http://raspbian.org) distribution. The
following versions are supported:

* Raspbian Bullseye \(11\)
* Raspbian Buster \(10\)
* Raspbian Bullseye (11)
* Raspbian Buster (10)

## Server GPG key

The first step is to add our server GPG key to your keyring, on that way you can get our signed packages:
The first step is to add the Fluent Bit server GPG key to your keyring so you
can get FLuent Bit signed packages:

```text
```shell
curl https://packages.fluentbit.io/fluentbit.key | sudo apt-key add -
```

### Updated key from March 2022

From the 1.9.0 and 1.8.15 releases please note that the GPG key has been updated at [https://packages.fluentbit.io/fluentbit.key](https://packages.fluentbit.io/fluentbit.key) so ensure this new one is added.
For the 1.9.0 and 1.8.15 and later releases, the
[GPG key has been updated](https://packages.fluentbit.io/fluentbit.key). Ensure
this new one is added.

The GPG Key fingerprint of the new key is:

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Fluentbit releases (Releases signing key) <releases@fluentbit.io>
```

The previous key is still available at [https://packages.fluentbit.io/fluentbit-legacy.key](https://packages.fluentbit.io/fluentbit-legacy.key) and may be required to install previous versions.
The previous key is [still available](https://packages.fluentbit.io/fluentbit-legacy.key)
and might be required to install previous versions.

The GPG Key fingerprint of the old key is:

```text
F209 D876 2A60 CD49 E680 633B 4FF8 368B 6EA0 722A
```

Refer to the [supported platform documentation](./../supported-platforms.md) to see which platforms are supported in each release.
Refer to the [supported platform documentation](./../supported-platforms.md) to see
which platforms are supported in each release.

## Update your sources lists

On Debian and derivative systems such as Raspbian, you need to add our APT server entry to your sources lists, please add the following content at bottom of your **/etc/apt/sources.list** file.
On Debian and derivative systems such as Raspbian, you need to add the Fluent Bit
APT server entry to your sources lists.

Add the following content at bottom of your `/etc/apt/sources.list` file.

### Raspbian 11 \(Bullseye\)
### Raspbian 11 (Bullseye)

```text
deb https://packages.fluentbit.io/raspbian/bullseye bullseye main
```

### Raspbian 10 \(Buster\)
### Raspbian 10 (Buster)

```text
deb https://packages.fluentbit.io/raspbian/buster buster main
```

### Update your repositories database

Now let your system update the _apt_ database:
Now let your system update the `apt` database:

```bash
sudo apt-get update
```

{% hint style="info" %}
We recommend upgrading your system (```sudo apt-get upgrade```). This could avoid potential issues with expired certificates.
Fluent Bit recommends upgrading your system (`sudo apt-get upgrade`) to avoid
potential issues with expired certificates.
{% endhint %}

## Install Fluent Bit

Using the following _apt-get_ command you are able now to install the latest _fluent-bit_:
1. Use the following `apt-get` command to install the latest Fluent Bit:

```text
sudo apt-get install fluent-bit
```
```shell
sudo apt-get install fluent-bit
```

Now the following step is to instruct _systemd_ to enable the service:
1. Instruct `systemd` to enable the service:

```bash
sudo service fluent-bit start
```
```bash
sudo service fluent-bit start
```

If you do a status check, you should see a similar output like this:

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...
```

The default configuration of **fluent-bit** is collecting metrics of CPU usage and sending the records to the standard output, you can see the outgoing data in your _/var/log/syslog_ file.
The default configuration of Fluent Bit collects metrics for CPU usage and
sends the records to the standard output. You can see the outgoing data in your
`/var/log/syslog` file.
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