HTTP

The HTTP input plugin allows you to send custom records to an HTTP endpoint.

Configuration Parameters

Key	Description	default
listen	The address to listen on	0.0.0.0
port	The port for Fluent Bit to listen on	9880
tag_key	Specify the key name to overwrite a tag. If set, the tag will be overwritten by a value of the key.
buffer_max_size	Specify the maximum buffer size in KB to receive a JSON message.	4M
buffer_chunk_size	This sets the chunk size for incoming incoming JSON messages. These chunks are then stored/managed in the space available by buffer_max_size.	512K
successful_response_code	It allows to set successful response code. 200, 201 and 204 are supported.	201
success_header	Add an HTTP header key/value pair on success. Multiple headers can be set. Example: X-Custom custom-answer
threaded	Indicates whether to run this input in its own thread.	false

TLS / SSL

HTTP input plugin supports TLS/SSL, for more details about the properties available and general configuration, please refer to the Transport Security section.

gzipped content

The HTTP input plugin will accept and automatically handle gzipped content as of v2.2.1 as long as the header Content-Encoding: gzip is set on the received data.

Getting Started

The http input plugin allows Fluent Bit to open up an HTTP port that you can then route data to in a dynamic way. This plugin supports dynamic tags which allow you to send data with different tags through the same input. An example video and curl message can be seen below

Link to video

How to set tag

The tag for the HTTP input plugin is set by adding the tag to the end of the request URL. This tag is then used to route the event through the system. For example, in the following curl message below the tag set is app.log**. ** because the end end path is /app_log:

Curl request

curl -d '{"key1":"value1","key2":"value2"}' -XPOST -H "content-type: application/json" http://localhost:8888/app.log

Configuration File

fluent-bit.conf

[INPUT]
    name http
    listen 0.0.0.0
    port 8888

[OUTPUT]
    name stdout
    match app.log

fluent-bit.yaml

pipeline:
    inputs:
        - name: http
          listen: 0.0.0.0
          port: 8888
    outputs:
        - name: stdout
          match: app.log

If you do not set the tag http.0 is automatically used. If you have multiple HTTP inputs then they will follow a pattern of http.N where N is an integer representing the input.

Curl request

curl -d '{"key1":"value1","key2":"value2"}' -XPOST -H "content-type: application/json" http://localhost:8888

Configuration File

fluent-bit.conf

[INPUT]
    name http
    listen 0.0.0.0
    port 8888

[OUTPUT]
    name  stdout
    match  http.0

fluent-bit.yaml

pipeline:
    inputs:
        - name: http
          listen: 0.0.0.0
          port: 8888
    outputs:
        - name: stdout
          match: http.0

How to set tag_key

The tag_key configuration option allows to specify the key name that will be used to overwrite a tag. The tag's value will be replaced with the value associated with the specified key. For example, setting tag_key to "custom_tag" and the log event contains a json field with the key "custom_tag" Fluent Bit will use the value of that field as the new tag for routing the event through the system.

Curl request

curl -d '{"key1":"value1","key2":"value2"}' -XPOST -H "content-type: application/json" http://localhost:8888/app.log

Configuration File

fluent-bit.conf

[INPUT]
    name http
    listen 0.0.0.0
    port 8888
    tag_key key1

[OUTPUT]
    name stdout
    match value1

fluent-bit.yaml

pipeline:
    inputs:
        - name: http
          listen: 0.0.0.0
          port: 8888
          tag_key: key1
    outputs:
        - name: stdout
          match: value1

How to set multiple custom HTTP header on success

The success_header parameter allows to set multiple HTTP headers on success. The format is:

fluent-bit.conf

[INPUT]
    name http
    success_header X-Custom custom-answer
    success_header X-Another another-answer

fluent-bit.yaml

    inputs:
        - name: http
          success_header: X-Custom custom-answer
          success_header: X-Another another-answer

Example Curl message

curl -d @app.log -XPOST -H "content-type: application/json" http://localhost:8888/app.log

Configuration File

fluent-bit.conf

[INPUT]
    name http
    listen 0.0.0.0
    port 8888

[OUTPUT]
    name stdout
    match *

fluent-bit.yaml

pipeline:
    inputs:
        - name: http
          listen: 0.0.0.0
          port: 8888

    outputs:
        - name: stdout
          match: '*'

Command Line

$> fluent-bit -i http -p port=8888 -o stdout