Forward
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Forward is the protocol used by and to route messages between peers. This plugin implements the input service to listen for Forward messages.
The plugin supports the following configuration parameters:
Key
Description
Default
Listen
Listener network interface.
0.0.0.0
Port
TCP port to listen for incoming connections.
24224
Buffer_Max_Size
Buffer_Chunk_Size
Buffer_Chunk_Size
32KB
In order to receive Forward messages, you can run the plugin from the command line or through the configuration file:
From the command line you can let Fluent Bit listen for Forward messages with the following options:
By default the service will listen an all interfaces (0.0.0.0) through TCP port 24224, optionally you can change this directly, e.g:
In the example the Forward messages will only arrive through network interface under 192.168.3.2 address and TCP Port 9090.
In your main configuration file append the following Input & Output sections:
Specify the maximum buffer memory size used to receive a Forward message. The value must be according to the specification.
By default the buffer to store the incoming Forward messages, do not allocate the maximum memory allowed, instead it allocate memory when is required. The rounds of allocations are set by Buffer_Chunk_Size. The value must be according to the specification.
Once Fluent Bit is running, you can send some messages using the fluent-cat tool (this tool is provided by :
In we should see the following output: