Input Plugins

The input plugins defines the source from where Fluent Bit can collect data, it can be through a network interface, radio hardware or some built-in metric. As of this version the following input plugins are available:

name	title	description
collectd	Collectd	Listen for UDP packets from Collectd.
cpu	CPU Usage	measure total CPU usage of the system.
disk	Disk Usage	measure Disk I/Os.
dummy	Dummy	generate dummy event.
exec	Exec	executes external program and collects event logs.
forward	Forward	Fluentd forward protocol.
head	Head	read first part of files.
health	Health	Check health of TCP services.
kmsg	Kernel Log Buffer	read the Linux Kernel log buffer messages.
mem	Memory Usage	measure the total amount of memory used on the system.
mqtt	MQTT	start a MQTT server and receive publish messages.
netif	Network Traffic	measure network traffic.
proc	Process	Check health of Process.
random	Random	Generate Random samples.
serial	Serial Interface	read data information from the serial interface.
stdin	Standard Input	read data from the standard input.
syslog	Syslog	read syslog messages from a Unix socket.
systemd	Systemd	read logs from Systemd/Journald.
tail	Tail	Tail log files
tcp	TCP	Listen for JSON messages over TCP.
thermal	Thermal	measure system temperature(s).