Config: Service Discovery Section

Some of the Fluentd plugins support the <service_discovery> section to set the target nodes dynamically.

Service Discovery Section Overview

The service_discovery section comes under <match>.

<match tag.*>
  @type forward
  # ...
  <service_discovery>
    # ...
  </service_discovery>
</match>

Service Discovery Plugin Type

The @type parameter of <service_discovery> section specifies the type of the plugin. Fluentd core bundles some useful service discovery plugins e.g. file.

<service_discovery>
  @type file
  # ...
</service_discovery>

Here's the list of built-in service discovery plugins:

• static

• file

• srv

For more details, see plugins documentation.

@type

The @type parameter specifies the type of service discovery plugin.

<service_discovery>
  @type static
  # ...
</service_discovery>

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