TCP & TLS - Fluent Bit
Description
The tcp output plugin allows to send records to a remote TCP server. The payload can be formatted in different ways as required.. See fluent bit page for more information.
Parameters
| Parameter | Description | Type | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| host | Target host where Fluent-Bit or Fluentd are listening for Forward messages. | str | "127.0.0.1" |
| port | TCP Port of the target service. | int(>0 <65536) | 5170 |
| format | Specify the data format to be printed. Supported formats are msgpack json, json_lines and json_stream. | str | "msgpack" |
| json_date_key | Specify the name of the time key in the output record. To disable the time key just set the value to false. | str | "date" |
| json_date_format | Specify the format of the date. Supported formats are double, epoch, iso8601 (eg: 2018-05-30T09:39:52.000681Z) and java_sql_timestamp (eg: 2018-05-30 09:39:52.000681) | str | "double" |
| workers | Enables dedicated thread(s) for this output. Default value is set since version 1.8.13. For previous versions is 0. | int | 2 |
| tls.active | Enable or disable TLS support. | bool | false |
| tls.verify | Force certificate validation. | bool | true |
| tls.debug | Set TLS debug verbosity level. It accept the following values: 0 (No debug), 1 (Error), 2 (State change), 3 (Informational) and 4 Verbose. | int(>=0 <=4) | 1 |
| tls.ca_file | Absolute path to CA certificate file. | str | N/A (Optional) |
| tls.crt_file | Absolute path to Certificate file. | str | N/A (Optional) |
| tls.key_file | Absolute path to private Key file. | str | N/A (Optional) |
| tls.key_passwd | Optional password for tls.key_file file. | str | N/A (Optional) |
Node configuration
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flb_tcp:
plugin: "dc_destinations/FlbTCP"
inputs: ["/dc/measurement/uptime"]
host: "127.0.0.1"
port: 5170
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