The file output plugin allows to write the data received through the input plugin to file.
The plugin supports the following configuration parameters:
Output time, tag and json records. There is no configuration parameters for out_file.
Output the records as JSON (without additional tag
and timestamp
attributes). There is no configuration parameters for plain format.
Output the records as csv. Csv supports an additional configuration parameter.
Output the records as LTSV. LTSV supports an additional configuration parameter.
Output the records using a custom format template.
This accepts a formatting template and fills placeholders using corresponding values in a record.
For example, if you set up the configuration as below:
You will get the following output:
You can run the plugin from the command line or through the configuration file:
From the command line you can let Fluent Bit count up a data with the following options:
In your main configuration file append the following Input & Output sections:
Key
Description
Path
Absolute directory path to store files. If not set, Fluent Bit will write the files on it's own positioned directory. note: this option was added on Fluent Bit v1.4.6
File
Set file name to store the records. If not set, the file name will be the tag associated with the records.
Format
The format of the file content. See also Format section. Default: out_file.
Key
Description
Delimiter
The character to separate each data. Default: ','
Key
Description
Delimiter
The character to separate each pair. Default: '\t'(TAB)
Label_Delimiter
The character to separate label and the value. Default: ':'
Key
Description
Template
The format string. Default: '{time} {message}'