Network Traffic
The netif input plugin, gathers the information about the network traffic of the running system every certain interval of time and reports them.
Configuration Parameters
The plugin supports the following configuration parameters:
Specify the network interface to monitor. e.g. eth0
Polling interval (seconds). default: 1
Polling interval (nanosecond). default: 0
If true, gather metrics precisely. default: false
Getting Started
In order to monitor network traffic from your system, you can run the plugin from the command line or through the configuration file:
Command Line
$ bin/fluent-bit -i netif -p interface=eth0 -o stdout
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[2017/07/08 23:34:18] [ info] [engine] started
[0] netif.0: [1499524459.001698260, {"eth0.rx.bytes"=>89769869, "eth0.rx.packets"=>73357, "eth0.rx.errors"=>0, "eth0.tx.bytes"=>4256474, "eth0.tx.packets"=>24293, "eth0.tx.errors"=>0}]
[1] netif.0: [1499524460.002541885, {"eth0.rx.bytes"=>98, "eth0.rx.packets"=>1, "eth0.rx.errors"=>0, "eth0.tx.bytes"=>98, "eth0.tx.packets"=>1, "eth0.tx.errors"=>0}]
[2] netif.0: [1499524461.001142161, {"eth0.rx.bytes"=>98, "eth0.rx.packets"=>1, "eth0.rx.errors"=>0, "eth0.tx.bytes"=>98, "eth0.tx.packets"=>1, "eth0.tx.errors"=>0}]
[3] netif.0: [1499524462.002612971, {"eth0.rx.bytes"=>98, "eth0.rx.packets"=>1, "eth0.rx.errors"=>0, "eth0.tx.bytes"=>98, "eth0.tx.packets"=>1, "eth0.tx.errors"=>0}]
Configuration File
In your main configuration file append the following Input & Output sections:
[INPUT]
Name netif
Tag netif
Interval_Sec 1
Interval_NSec 0
Interface eth0
[OUTPUT]
Name stdout
Match *
Note: Total interval (sec) = Interval_Sec + (Interval_Nsec / 1000000000).
e.g. 1.5s = 1s + 500000000ns