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Which Fluentd plugin I should use to listen application logs : in_tcp or in_forward?

I have Flask app which is streaming some logs in stdout on localhost:5555. I want to listen these logs by dockerized Fluentd, but I'm a bit confused which plugin I should use: in_tcp or in_forward?

Config like this results in error: "Address not available - bind(2) for \"my_ip\" port 5555"

<source>
  @type tcp
  tag "tcp.events"
  format none
  bind my_ip
  port 5555
  log-level debug
</source>

<filter **>
  @type stdout
</filter>

Config examples for in_forward always have port 24224 in config, so they seem to listen the other fluentds, not to listen an application.

Could you please advice?

Solution

  • For the ones which will follow:

    Use fluent-logger-language to export your logs to Fluentd server. Here are all the links: https://github.com/fluent

    Fluentd server config

    <source>
  @type forward
  port 24224
  host <if remote>
</source>

<filter **>
  @type stdout
</filter>