td-agent v2 vs v3 vs v4

Supported Platforms

ClearCode, Inc. maintains stable packages for Fluentd and canonical plugins as Treasure Agent (the package is called td-agent). td-agent has v2, v3 and v4. Chronosphere (formerly Calyptia) maintains stable packages as Calyptia-fluentd as another option. Supported OS is the same as td-agent v4 currently.

Platform	v2	v3	v4(x86_64)	v4(Arm64)
RedHat/CentOS 5	✔
RedHat/CentOS 6	✔	✔
RedHat/CentOS 7	✔	✔	✔	✔
RedHat/CentOS 8		✔	✔	✔
Amazon Linux 2		✔	✔	✔
Ubuntu Precise	✔
Ubuntu Trusty	✔	✔
Ubuntu Xenial	✔	✔	✔
Ubuntu Bionic	✔	✔	✔	✔
Ubuntu Focal			✔	✔
Debian Jessie	✔	✔
Debian Stretch	✔	✔
Debian Buster		✔	✔	✔
macOS	✔	✔
Windows		✔	✔

Features

td-agent v4

New stable. Major feature updates to td-agent v4 are as follows:

• Ruby 2.7

• Fluentd v1

• Arm64 Support

See also Changes from Treasure Agent 3.

td-agent v3

Old stable.

• Ruby 2.4

• Fluentd v1

• Windows Support

• Remove fluentd-ui from the package

td-agent v2

This is for v0.12 and old distribution users. We don't recommend this version for new deployments.

How to Install

• Ubuntu/Debian

• RedHat/CentOS

• Windows

• macOS

• RubyGems

If this article is incorrect or outdated, or omits critical information, please let us know.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