Fluent Bit is distributed as td-agent-bit package and is available for the latest stable Debian system: Jessie. This stable Fluent Bit distribution package is maintained by Treasure Data, Inc.
The first step is to add our server GPG key to your keyring, on that way you can get our signed packages:
On Debian, you need to add our APT server entry to your sources lists, please add the following content at bottom of your /etc/apt/sources.list file:
Now let your system update the apt database:
Using the following apt-get command you are able now to install the latest td-agent-bit:
Now the following step is to instruct systemd to enable the service:
If you do a status check, you should see a similar output like this:
The default configuration of td-agent-bit is collecting metrics of CPU usage and sending the records to the standard output, you can see the outgoing data in your /var/log/syslog file.