DEB Package (Debian/Ubuntu)
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This article explains how to install calyptia-fluentd
, which is maintained by after its acquisition of Calyptia.
calyptia-fluentd
?Fluentd is written in Ruby for flexibility, with performance-sensitive parts in C. However, some users may have difficulty installing and operating a Ruby daemon.
That is why Chronosphere (formerly Calyptia) provides the alternative stable distribution of Fluentd, called calyptia-fluentd
.
calyptia-fluentd
Please follow the to configure your OS properly.
NOTE: If your OS is not supported, consider instead.
A shell script is provided to automate the installation process for each version. The shell script registers a new apt repository at /etc/apt/sources.list.d/calyptia-fluentd.sources
and installs the calyptia-fluentd
deb package.
For Ubuntu Focal:
For Ubuntu Bionic:
For Ubuntu Xenial:
For Debian Buster:
systemd
Use /lib/systemd/system/calyptia-fluentd
script to start
, stop
, or restart
the agent:
To customize systemd
behavior, put your calyptia-fluentd.service
in /lib/systemd/system
.
Please make sure your configuration file path is:
The default configuration (/etc/calyptia-fluentd/calyptia-fluentd.conf
) is to receive logs at an HTTP endpoint and route them to stdout
. For calyptia-fluentd
logs, see /var/log/calyptia-fluentd/calyptia-fluentd.log
.
You can post sample log records with curl
command:
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
Application Logs
Examples
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