Overview

Let's get started with Fluentd! Fluentd is a fully free and fully open-source log collector that instantly enables you to have a 'Log Everything' architecture with 125+ types of systems.

Fluentd Architecture

Fluentd treats logs as JSON, a popular machine-readable format. It is written primarily in C with a thin-Ruby wrapper that gives users flexibility.

Fluentd's scalability has been proven in the field: its largest user currently collects logs from 50,000+ servers.

Step 1: Installing Fluentd

You can install Fluentd as a package, Ruby gem, or from source.

Please see the following article for details.

• Installation

Step 2: Use Cases

The following articles cover the typical use cases of Fluentd:

• Use Cases

  • Data Search like Splunk
  • Data Filtering and Alerting
  • Data Analytics with Treasure Data
  • Data Collection to MongoDB
  • Data Collection to HDFS
  • Data Archiving to Amazon S3
• Basic Configuration

  • Config File
• Application Logs

  • Ruby, Java, Python, PHP,

    Perl, Node.js, Scala
• Happy Users :)

  • Users

Step 3: Learn More

The following articles will provide detailed information about Fluentd:

• Architecture Overview
• Lifecycle of a Fluentd Event
• Plugin Overview

  • Input Plugins
  • Output Plugins
  • Buffer Plugins
  • Filter Plugins
  • Parser Plugins
  • Formatter Plugins
• High Availability Configuration
• FAQ

If this article is incorrect or outdated, or omits critical information, please let us know.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 License 2.0.