VictoriaMetrics/deployment/docker/victorialogs/fluentd
Andrii Chubatiuk 3df920c60d
docs/victorialogs: change fluentd input type in examples (#7123)
### Describe Your Changes

Use fluentd logging driver in examples to have enriched data in
VictoriaLogs

### Checklist

The following checks are **mandatory**:

- [ ] My change adheres [VictoriaMetrics contributing
guidelines](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/contributing/).
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elasticsearch docs/victorialogs: change fluentd input type in examples (#7123) 2024-09-28 21:21:17 +02:00
jsonline docs/victorialogs: change fluentd input type in examples (#7123) 2024-09-28 21:21:17 +02:00
loki docs/victorialogs: change fluentd input type in examples (#7123) 2024-09-28 21:21:17 +02:00
syslog victorialogs: marked fluentd support in roadmap, added syslog example (#7098) 2024-09-27 14:43:04 +02:00
compose.yml docs/victorialogs: change fluentd input type in examples (#7123) 2024-09-28 21:21:17 +02:00
Dockerfile docs/victorialogs: change fluentd input type in examples (#7123) 2024-09-28 21:21:17 +02:00
README.md victorialogs: marked fluentd support in roadmap, added syslog example (#7098) 2024-09-27 14:43:04 +02:00

Docker compose Fluentd integration with VictoriaLogs

The folder contains examples of Fluentd integration with VictoriaLogs using protocols:

All required plugins, that should be installed in order to support protocols listed above can be found in a Dockerfile

To spin-up environment cd to any of listed above directories run the following command:

docker compose up -d 

To shut down the docker-compose environment run the following command:

docker compose down
docker compose rm -f

The docker compose file contains the following components:

  • fluentd - logs collection agent configured to collect and write data to victorialogs
  • victorialogs - logs database, receives data from fluentd agent
  • victoriametrics - metrics database, which collects metrics from victorialogs and fluentd for observability purposes

Querying the data

  • vmui - a web UI is accessible by http://localhost:9428/select/vmui
  • for querying the data via command-line please check these docs

Fluentd configuration example can be found below:

Please, note that _stream_fields parameter must follow recommended best practices to achieve better performance.