Masahiro Nakagawa from Treasure Data gave a presentation on Fluentd, an open source log collector. Fluentd allows for reliable and structured logging, forwarding, and processing of data through its pluggable architecture. It can collect logs from various sources and output to different destinations using plugins. Common uses of Fluentd include log aggregation, monitoring, and analysis on large-scale architectures.
This document provides an overview of Fluentd, an open source data collector. It discusses the key features of Fluentd including structured logging, reliable forwarding, and a pluggable architecture. The document then summarizes the architectures and new features of different Fluentd versions, including v0.10, v0.12, and the upcoming v0.14 and v1 releases. It also discusses Fluentd's ecosystem and plugins as well as Treasure Data's use of Fluentd in its log data collection and analytics platform.
15. fluentdの設定ファイル(入力例)
<source>
type tail
path /var/log/httpd-access.log
tag apache.access
format apache
</source>
・Apacheログの末尾を読み取る
・タグ(出力先を決める際に使うもの)を「apache.access」とする