fluent-plugin-unix-client

Fluentd input plugin to receive data from UNIX domain socket.
This is a client version of the default unix plugin.

Installation

RubyGems

$ gem install fluent-plugin-unix-client

Bundler

Add following line to your Gemfile:

gem "fluent-plugin-unix-client"

And then execute:

$ bundle

Configuration

tag (string) (required)

Tag of output events.

path (string) (required)

The path to Unix Domain Socket.

Note: This is a client side application, so you need to set the path which is opened by another server side application.

parse (section) (required)

This plugin use Fluentd parser plugin as a helper.
See Config: Parse Section.

delimiter (string) (optional)

The payload is read up to this character.

Default value: "\n" (newline).

Sample

<source>
  @type unix_client
  tag debug.unix_client
  path /tmp/unix.sock
  <parse>
    @type json
  </parse>
  delimiter "\n"
</source>

<match debug.**>
  @type stdout
</match>

Specification

• This recieves data from UNIX domain socket which is opened by another application.
  • If you need other applications to send data to the socket you opened, you can use the default unix plugin.
• If this can't connect to the socket, this trys to reconnect later.

Copyright

• Copyright(c) 2021- daipom
• License
  • Apache License, Version 2.0