Observe

Use the HTTP output plugin to flush your records into Observe. It issues a POST request with the data records in MessagePack (or JSON) format.

Configuration parameters

The following HTTP configuration parameters are relevant to Observe:

Key	Description	Default
host	IP address or hostname of the Observe data collection endpoint. Replace $(OBSERVE_CUSTOMER) with your Customer ID.	OBSERVE_CUSTOMER.collect.observeinc.com
port	TCP port to use when sending data to Observe.	443
tls	Specifies whether to use TLS.	on
uri	Specifies the HTTP URI for Observe.	/v1/http/fluentbit
format	The data format to be used in the HTTP request body.	msgpack
header	The specific header that provides the Observe token needed to authorize sending data into a data stream.	'Authorization Bearer ${OBSERVE_TOKEN}'
header	The specific header that instructs Observe how to decode incoming payloads.	X-Observe-Decoder fluent
compress	Sets the payload compression mechanism. Possible values: gzip, false.	gzip
tls.ca_file	For Windows only: the path to the root cert.	none
workers	The number of workers to perform flush operations for this output.	0

Configuration file

In your main configuration file append the following:

fluent-bit.yaml

pipeline:

  outputs:
    - name: http
      match: '*'
      host: my-observe-customer-id.collect.observeinc.com
      port: 443
      tls: on
      uri: /v1/http/fluentbit
      format: msgpack
      header:
        - 'Authorization     Bearer ${OBSERVE_TOKEN}'
        - 'X-Observe-Decoder fluent'
      compress: gzip
      # For Windows: provide path to root cert
      #tls.ca_file  C:\fluent-bit\isrgrootx1.pem

fluent-bit.conf