Fluentd

Perl

The Fluent::Logger library is used to post records from Perl applications to Fluentd.

This article explains how to use it.

Prerequisites

• Basic knowledge of Perl
• Basic knowledge of Fluentd
• Perl 5.10 or higher

Installing Fluentd

Please refer to the following document to install Fluentd:

• Installation

Modifying the Config File

Configure Fluentd to use the forward input plugin as its data source:

<source>
  @type forward
  port 24224
</source>
<match fluentd.test.**>
  @type stdout
</match>

Restart Fluentd after configuring.

# for fluent-package (rpm/deb)
$ sudo systemctl restart fluentd

Using Fluent::Logger

Install Fluent::Logger library via CPAN:

$ cpan
cpan[1]> install Fluent::Logger

Create a script to post the records:

# test.pl
use Fluent::Logger;
my $logger = Fluent::Logger->new(
    host => '127.0.0.1',
    port => 24224,
    tag_prefix => 'fluentd.test',
);
$logger->post("follow", { "entry1" => "value1", "entry2" => 2 });

Executing the script will send the logs to Fluentd:

$ perl test.pl

The logs should be output to /var/log/fluent/fluentd.log or the standard output of the Fluentd process via stdout output plugin.

Production Deployments

Output Plugins

Various output plugins are available for writing records to other destinations:

• Examples
  • Store Apache Logs into Amazon S3
  • Store Apache Logs into MongoDB
  • Data Collection into HDFS
• List of Plugin References
  • Output to Another Fluentd
  • Output to MongoDB or MongoDB ReplicaSet
  • Output to Hadoop
  • Output to File
  • etc...

High-Availability Configurations of Fluentd

For high-traffic websites (more than 5 application nodes), we recommend using the high-availability configuration for Fluentd. This will improve the reliability of data transfer and query performance.

• High-Availability Configurations of Fluentd

Monitoring

Monitoring Fluentd itself is also important. The article below describes the general monitoring methods for Fluentd.

• Monitoring Fluentd