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installation/getting-started-with-fluent-bit: ./installation/downloads.md
installation/requirements: ./installation/downloads.md
installation/supported-platforms: ./installation/downloads.md
about/sandbox-and-lab-resources: /about/resources.md
about/sandbox-and-lab-resources: ./about/resources.md
installation/downloads/amazon-ec2: ./installation/downloads/linux/amazon-linux.md
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* [Rocky Linux and Alma Linux ](installation/downloads/linux/alma-rocky.md)
* [Ubuntu](installation/downloads/linux/ubuntu.md)
* [Yocto embedded Linux](installation/downloads/linux/yocto-embedded-linux.md)
* [Amazon EC2](installation/downloads/amazon-ec2.md)
* [Containers on AWS](installation/downloads/aws-container.md)
* [Docker](installation/downloads/docker.md)
* [Kubernetes](installation/downloads/kubernetes.md)
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# Amazon Linux

## Install on Amazon Linux

Fluent Bit is distributed as the `fluent-bit` package and is available for the latest Amazon Linux 2 and Amazon Linux 2023. The following architectures are supported
Fluent Bit is distributed as the `fluent-bit` package and is available for Amazon Linux 2 and Amazon Linux 2023. The following architectures are supported:

- x86_64
- aarch64 / arm64v8

Amazon Linux 2022 is no longer supported.
## Install on Amazon EC2

To install Fluent Bit and related AWS output plugins on Amazon Linux 2 on EC2 using AWS Systems Manager, follow [this AWS guide](https://github.com/aws/aws-for-fluent-bit/tree/mainline/examples/fluent-bit/systems-manager-ec2).

## General installation

The recommended secure deployment approach is to use the following instructions:
To install Fluent Bit on any Amazon Linux instance, follow these steps.

## Configure YUM
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I wasn't sure if the tabs/hint in the middle of these steps would break GitBook's auto-numbering for procedures, and apparently it does, so I'm glad I checked :P adding a markdownlint flag here so I can make an exception to use hard-coded step numbers


The `fluent-bit` is provided through a Yum repository. To add the repository reference to your system, add a new file called `fluent-bit.repo` in `/etc/yum.repos.d/` with the following content:
1. Fluent Bit is provided through a Yum repository. To add the repository reference to your system, add a new file called `fluent-bit.repo` in `/etc/yum.repos.d/` with the following content:

### Amazon Linux 2
{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Amazon Linux 2" %}

```text
[fluent-bit]
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enabled=1
```

### Amazon Linux 2023
{% endtab %}
{% tab title="Amazon Linux 2023" %}

```text
[fluent-bit]
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enabled=1
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

{% hint style="info" %}

You should always enable `gpgcheck` for security reasons. All Fluent Bit packages are signed.

### Install
{% endhint %}

1. Ensure your [GPG key](../linux.md#gpg-key-updates) is up to date.
1. After your repository is configured, run the following command to install it:
2. Ensure your [GPG key](../linux.md#gpg-key-updates) is up to date.
3. After your repository is configured, run the following command to install it:

```shell
sudo yum install fluent-bit
```

1. Instruct `systemd` to enable the service:
4. Instruct `systemd` to enable the service:

```shell
sudo systemctl start fluent-bit
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```

The default Fluent Bit configuration collect metrics of CPU usage and sends the records to the standard output. You can see the outgoing data in your `/var/log/messages` file.

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