tcp
The in_tcp
Input plugin enables Fluentd to accept TCP payload.
Don't use this plugin for receiving logs from client libraries. Use in_forward
for such cases.
Example Configuration
in_tcp
is included in Fluentd's core. No additional installation process is required.
Please see the Config File article for the basic structure and syntax of the configuration file.
We\'ve observed the drastic performance improvements on Linux, with proper kernel parameter settings. If you have high-volume TCP traffic, please make sure to follow the instruction described at Before Installing Fluentd.
Parameters
type (required)
The value must be tcp
.
tag (required)
tag of output events.
port
The port to listen to. Default Value = 5170
bind
The bind address to listen to. Default Value = 0.0.0.0
delimiter
The payload is read up to this character. By default, it is "\n".
source_hostname_key
The field name of the client's hostname. If set the value, the client's hostname will be set to its key. The default is nil (no adding hostname).
If you set following configuration:
then the client's hostname is set to client_host
field.
format (required)
The format of the TCP payload. Here is the example by regular expression.
If you execute following command:
then got parsed result like below:
in_tcp
uses parser plugin to parse the payload. See parser article for more detail.
log_level option
The log_level
option allows the user to set different levels of logging for each plugin. The supported log levels are: fatal
, error
, warn
, info
, debug
, and trace
.
Please see the logging article for further details.
If this article is incorrect or outdated, or omits critical information, please let us know. Fluentd is a open source project under Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). All components are available under the Apache 2 License.
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