Logging docker to SumoLogic

Create SumoLogic HTTP Collector

Create a new SumoLogic HTTP Collector and note the URL generated to send logs.

Run Collector container

Build and run this image and expose the port 24224.

You have to export the endpoint and urltoken as environment variables

docker run --restart=always -p 24224:24224 --name sumologic -e SUMO_COLLECTOR=endpoint1.collection.eu.sumologic.com -e SUMO_URLTOKEN=SOMEBASE64STRING taimos/fluentd-sumologic

Run application container

You can now start your primary docker container with the following options:

docker run --log-driver fluentd --log-opt labels=app --label app=mysuper-server some-image:latest

This will log the Docker output to SumoLogic with _sourceName mysuper-server and the category you created with the HTTP collector