Ubuntu
Fluent Bit is distributed as td-agent-bit package and is available for the latest stable Ubuntu system: Focal Fossa.
Server GPG key
The first step is to add our server GPG key to your keyring, on that way you can get our signed packages:
Update your sources lists
On Ubuntu, 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:
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)
Update your repositories database
Now let your system update the apt database:
Install TD-Agent Bit
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.
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