From 49bb0dabbd56dc0fed2813caa53c5c0a50e58051 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric D. Schabell" Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 09:27:48 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Updates to all of the Fluent Bit configuration output and added supervisor mode entry matching verison 4.1. Fixes #2082. Signed-off-by: Eric D. Schabell --- administration/configuring-fluent-bit.md | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/administration/configuring-fluent-bit.md b/administration/configuring-fluent-bit.md index 7da8a1473..d4ccab94f 100644 --- a/administration/configuring-fluent-bit.md +++ b/administration/configuring-fluent-bit.md @@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ Fluent Bit supports two configuration formats: Fluent Bit exposes most of it features through the command line interface. Running the `-h` option you can get a list of the options available: ```shell +# Podman container tooling. +podman run -rm -ti fluent/fluent-bit --help + +# Docker container tooling. docker run --rm -it fluent/fluent-bit --help ``` @@ -22,6 +26,7 @@ Available Options -b --storage_path=PATH specify a storage buffering path -c --config=FILE specify an optional configuration file -d, --daemon run Fluent Bit in background mode + --supervisor run under a supervising parent process, uses "fork()" to execute child processes -D, --dry-run dry run -f, --flush=SECONDS flush timeout in seconds (default: 1) -C, --custom=CUSTOM enable a custom plugin @@ -36,16 +41,24 @@ Available Options -t, --tag=TAG set plugin tag, same as '-p tag=abc' -T, --sp-task=SQL define a stream processor task -v, --verbose increase logging verbosity (default: info) + -Z, --enable-chunk-traceenable chunk tracing, it can be activated either through the http api or the command line + --trace-input input to start tracing on startup. + --trace-output output to use for tracing on startup. + --trace-output-property set a property for output tracing on startup. + --trace setup a trace pipeline on startup. Uses a single line, ie: "input=dummy.0 output=stdout output.format='json'" -w, --workdir set the working directory -H, --http enable monitoring HTTP server -P, --port set HTTP server TCP port (default: 2020) -s, --coro_stack_size set coroutines stack size in bytes (default: 24576) -q, --quiet quiet mode -S, --sosreport support report for Enterprise customers + -Y, --enable-hot-reload enable for hot reloading + -W, --disable-thread-safety-on-hot-reloadingdisable thread safety on hot reloading -V, --version show version number -h, --help print this help Inputs + blob Blob (binary) files cpu CPU Usage mem Memory Usage thermal Thermal @@ -56,32 +69,53 @@ Inputs netif Network Interface Usage docker Docker containers metrics docker_events Docker events + podman_metrics Podman metrics + process_exporter_metricsProcess Exporter Metrics (Prometheus Compatible) + gpu_metrics GPU Metrics node_exporter_metrics Node Exporter Metrics (Prometheus Compatible) + kubernetes_events Kubernetes Events + kafka Kafka consumer input plugin fluentbit_metrics Fluent Bit internal metrics prometheus_scrape Scrape metrics from Prometheus Endpoint + prometheus_textfile Read Prometheus metrics from text files tail Tail files dummy Generate dummy data - dummy_thread Generate dummy data in a separate thread head Head Input health Check TCP server health http HTTP collectd collectd input plugin statsd StatsD input plugin opentelemetry OpenTelemetry + elasticsearch HTTP Endpoints for Elasticsearch (Bulk API) + splunk Input plugin for Splunk HEC payloads + prometheus_remote_write Prometheus Remote Write input + event_type Event tests for input plugins nginx_metrics Nginx status metrics serial Serial input stdin Standard Input syslog Syslog + udp UDP + exec_wasi Exec WASI Input tcp TCP mqtt MQTT, listen for Publish messages forward Fluentd in-forward random Random +Processors + content_modifier Modify the content of Logs, Metrics and Traces + labels Modifies metrics labels + metrics_selector select metrics by specified name + opentelemetry_envelope Package log records inside an OpenTelemetry Logs schema + sampling Sampling + sql SQL processor + Filters alter_size Alter incoming chunk size aws Add AWS Metadata checklist Check records and flag them + ecs Add AWS ECS Metadata record_modifier modify record + sysinfo Filter for system info throttle Throttle messages using sliding window algorithm type_converter Data type converter kubernetes Filter to append Kubernetes metadata @@ -92,14 +126,17 @@ Filters expect Validate expected keys and values grep grep events by specified field values rewrite_tag Rewrite records tags + log_to_metrics generate log derived metrics lua Lua Scripting Filter stdout Filter events to STDOUT geoip2 add geoip information to records nightfall scans records for sensitive content + wasm WASM program filter Outputs azure Send events to Azure HTTP Event Collector azure_blob Azure Blob Storage + azure_logs_ingestion Send logs to Log Analytics with Log Ingestion API azure_kusto Send events to Kusto (Azure Data Explorer) bigquery Send events to BigQuery via streaming insert counter Records counter @@ -118,6 +155,7 @@ Outputs nrlogs New Relic null Throws away events opensearch OpenSearch + oracle_log_analytics Oracle log analytics plot Generate data file for GNU Plot pgsql PostgreSQL skywalking Send logs into log collector on SkyWalking OAP @@ -127,6 +165,7 @@ Outputs stdout Prints events to STDOUT syslog Syslog tcp TCP Output + udp UDP Output td Treasure Data flowcounter FlowCounter gelf GELF Output @@ -138,4 +177,6 @@ Outputs prometheus_exporter Prometheus Exporter prometheus_remote_write Prometheus remote write s3 Send to S3 + vivo_exporter Vivo Exporter + chronicle Send logs to Google Chronicle as unstructured log ```