fluent-plugin-newrelic

A Fluentd output plugin that sends logs to New Relic

Prerequisites

Fluentd >= v1.0

Add the plugin to your fluentd agent:

fluent-gem install fluent-plugin-newrelic

If you are using td-agent:

td-agent-gem install fluent-plugin-newrelic

Property	Description
api_key	your New Relic API Insert key

Property	Description	Default value
concurrent_requests	The number of threads to make requests from	1
retries	The maximum number of times to retry a failed request, exponentially increasing delay between each retry	5
retry_seconds	The inital delay between retries, in seconds	5
max_delay	The maximum delay between retries, in seconds	30
base_uri	New Relic ingestion endpoint	'https://log-api.newrelic.com/log/v1'

Add the following block to your Fluentd config file (with your specific New Relic Insights Insert key), then restart Fluentd.

Example:

<match **>
  @type newrelic
  api_key <NEW_RELIC_INSIGHTS_INSERT_KEY>
</match>

Getting your New Relic Insights Insert key: https://insights.newrelic.com/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/manage/api_keys