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Sending logs to Logtail using Fluent Bit
Setting up Fluent Bit is very straightforward:
Install Fluent Bit on your server according to the guidelines .
Install and set up Fluent Bit input plugins to suit your needs (e.g., Syslog ).
Modify the Fluent Bit
[OUTPUT]
configuration to start sending logs to your Logtail source. A basic configuration that forwards logs from all inputs to a single Logtail source could look like this:
[SERVICE]
flush 1
​
[INPUT]
name tail
path /var/log/syslog
[OUTPUT]
name http
match *
tls On
host in.logtail.com
port 443
uri /
header Authorization Bearer YOUR_LOGTAIL_SOURCE_TOKEN
header Content-Type application/msgpack
format msgpack
retry_limit 5
You can learn more about Fluent Bit configuration from the official manual .
4.Once you're happy with the configuration restart the Fluent Bit service:
sudo service td-agent-bit restart
You should start seeing your logs in Logtail 🎉