Service

The SERVICE defines the global behaviour of the Fluent Bit engine.

name type description
Buffer_Path Str Path to write buffered chunks if enabled
Buffer_Workers Int Number of workers to operate on buffer chunks
Config_Watch Bool If true, exit on change in config directory
Daemon Bool If true go to background on start
Flush Int Interval to flush output (seconds)
Grace Int Wait time (seconds) on exit
HTTP_Listen Str Address to listen (e.g. 0.0.0.0)
HTTP_Port Int Port to listen (e.g. 8888)
HTTP_Server Bool If true enable statistics HTTP server
Log_File Str File to log diagnostic output
Log_Level Int Diagnostic level (error/warning/info/debug/trace)
Parsers_File Str Optional ‘parsers’ config file (can be multiple)
Plugins_File Str Optional ‘plugins’ config file (can be multiple)

The Parsers_File and Plugins_File are both relative to the directory the main config file is in.

Example

  1. [SERVICE]
  2.     Flush        5
  3.     Daemon       Off
  4.     Config_Watch On
  5.     Parsers_File parsers.conf
  6.     Parsers_File custom_parsers.conf