RPM Package (Red Hat Linux)
This article explains how to install stable versions of fluent-package
rpm packages, the stable Fluentd distribution packages maintained by Fluentd Project.
What is fluent-package
?
fluent-package
?Please see fluent-package-v5-vs-td-agent.
How to install fluent-package
fluent-package
The following are deprecated td-agent (EOL) information:
Step 0: Before Installation
Please follow the Pre-installation Guide to configure your OS properly.
Step 1: Install from rpm
Repository
rpm
RepositoryIt is highly recommended to set up ntpd
on the node to prevent invalid timestamps in the logs. See Pre-installation Guide.
NOTE: If your OS is not supported, consider gem installation instead.
Red Hat
Download and execute the install script with curl
:
fluent-package 5 (LTS)
curl -fsSL https://toolbelt.treasuredata.com/sh/install-redhat-fluent-package5-lts.sh | sh
fluent-package 5
curl -fsSL https://toolbelt.treasuredata.com/sh/install-redhat-fluent-package5.sh | sh
Executing this script will automatically install fluent-package
on your machine. This shell script registers a new rpm
repository at /etc/yum.repos.d/fluent-package.repo
(or /etc/yum.repos.d/fluent-package-lts.repo
) and installs fluent-package
.
We use $releasever
for repository path in the script and $releasever
should be the major version only like "9"
. If your environment uses some other format like "9.2"
, change it to the major version only or set up .repo file manually.
Since v5.0.4, RHEL 7 / CentOS 7 is not supported anymore because CentOS 7 has reached EOL (June, 2024). Please consider migrating to another release.
Amazon Linux
For Amazon Linux 2023:
fluent-package 5 (LTS)
curl -fsSL https://toolbelt.treasuredata.com/sh/install-amazon2023-fluent-package5-lts.sh | sh
fluent-package 5
curl -fsSL https://toolbelt.treasuredata.com/sh/install-amazon2023-fluent-package5.sh | sh
For Amazon Linux 2:
fluent-package 5 (LTS)
curl -fsSL https://toolbelt.treasuredata.com/sh/install-amazon2-fluent-package5-lts.sh | sh
fluent-package 5
curl -fsSL https://toolbelt.treasuredata.com/sh/install-amazon2-fluent-package5.sh | sh
Step 2: Launch Daemon
Use /usr/lib/systemd/system/fluentd
service to start
, stop
, or restart
the agent:
$ sudo systemctl start fluentd.service
$ sudo systemctl status fluentd.service
* fluentd.service - fluentd: All in one package of Fluentd
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/fluentd.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Wed 2023-08-02 05:35:16 UTC; 41s ago
Docs: https://docs.fluentd.org/
Process: 1901 ExecStart=/opt/fluent/bin/fluentd --log $FLUENT_PACKAGE_LOG_FILE --daemon /var/run/fluent/fluentd.pid $FLUENT_PACKAGE_OPTIONS (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 1907 (fluentd)
CGroup: /system.slice/fluentd.service
|-1907 /opt/fluent/bin/ruby /opt/fluent/bin/fluentd --log /var/log/fluent/fluentd.log --daemon /var/run/fluent/fluentd.pid
`-1910 /opt/fluent/bin/ruby -Eascii-8bit:ascii-8bit /opt/fluent/bin/fluentd --log /var/log/fluent/fluentd.log --daemon /var/ru...
To customize systemd
behavior, put your fluentd.service
in /etc/systemd/system
.
NOTE: In fluent-package
v5, the path is different i.e. /opt/fluent/bin
instead of /opt/td-agent/bin
.
Step 3: Post Sample Logs via HTTP
The default configuration (/etc/fluent/fluentd.conf
) is to receive logs at an HTTP endpoint and route them to stdout
. For fluentd
logs, see /var/log/fluent/fluentd.log
.
You can post sample log records with curl
command:
$ curl -X POST -d 'json={"json":"message"}' http://localhost:8888/debug.test
$ tail -n 1 /var/log/fluent/fluentd.log
2023-08-02 05:37:29.185634777 +0000 debug.test: {"json":"message"}
Next Steps
You are now ready to collect real logs with Fluentd. Refer to the following tutorials on how to collect data from various sources:
Basic Configuration
If this article is incorrect or outdated, or omits critical information, please let us know. Fluentd is an open-source project under Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). All components are available under the Apache 2 License.
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