file

The file service discovery plugin updates the targets by reading the local file. YAML and JSON are the allowed file formats.

Example Configuration

Here is an example with out_forward updating targets by sending data:

<match pattern>
  @type forward

  <service_discovery>
    @type file
    path "/etc/fluentd/sd.yaml"
  </service_discovery>
</source>

Here is an example of target list file (/etc/fluentd/sd.yaml):

- 'host': 127.0.0.1
  'port': 24224
  'weight': 1
  'name': server1
- 'host': 127.0.0.1
  'port': 24225
  'weight': 1
  'name': server2

Parameters

@type

The value must be file.

path

type	default	version
string	'/etc/fluent/sd.yaml'	1.8.0

The path of the target list.

The Content-Type is determined by file extension i.e.:

• YAML: yaml, yml

• JSON: json

conf_encoding

type	default	version
string	'utf-8'	1.8.0

The encoding of the configuration file.

Parameters in Target List File

Each target has following parameters:

• host

• name

• port

• shared_key

• username

• password

• standby

• weight

host

type	default	version
string	nil	1.8.0

The IP address or hostname of the server. It is a required parameter.

port

type	default	version
integer		1.8.0

The port number of the host. It is a required parameter.

name

type	default	version
string	nil	1.8.0

The name of the server.

shared_key

type	default	version
string	nil	1.8.0

The shared key per server.

username

type	default	version
string	nil	1.8.0

The username for authentication.

password

type	default	version
string	nil	1.8.0

The password for authentication.

standby

type	default	version
bool	nil	1.8.0

weight

type	default	version
integer	60	1.8.0

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