The in_unix
Input plugin enables Fluentd to retrieve records from the Unix Domain Socket. The wire protocol is the same as in_forward, but the transport layer is different.
in_unix
is included in Fluentd's core. No additional installation process is required.
<source>@type unixpath /path/to/socket.sock</source>
Please see the Config File article for the basic structure and syntax of the configuration file.
The value must be unix
.
The path to your Unix Domain Socket.
The backlog of Unix Domain Socket. The default is 1024
.
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If this article is incorrect or outdated, or omits critical information, please let us know.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.