File

The File output plugin lets you write the data received through the input plugin to file.

Configuration parameters

The plugin supports the following configuration parameters:

Key	Description	Default
Path	Directory path to store files. If not set, Fluent Bit will write the files on it's own positioned directory. Available in Fluent Bit 1.4.6 and later.	none
File	Set filename to store the records. If not set, the filename will be the tag associated with the records.	none
Format	The format of the file content.	out_file
Mkdir	Recursively create output directory if it doesn't exist. Permissions set to 0755.	none
Workers	The number of workers to perform flush operations for this output.	1

Format

This plugin uses the following formats:

out_file

Output time, tag, and json records. There are no configuration parameters for out_file.

tag: [time, {"key1":"value1", "key2":"value2", "key3":"value3"}]

Plain

Output the records as JSON (without additional tag and timestamp attributes). There are no configuration parameters for plain format.

{"key1":"value1", "key2":"value2", "key3":"value3"}

CSV

Output the records in CSV format. CSV mode supports an additional configuration parameter.

Key	Description
Delimiter	The character to separate each data. Accepted values: \t (or tab), (space), or , (comma). Other values are ignored and will use default silently. Default: ,

time[delimiter]"value1"[delimiter]"value2"[delimiter]"value3"

LTSV

Output the records in LTSV format. LTSV mode supports an additional configuration parameter.

Key	Description
Delimiter	The character to separate each pair. Default: t (TAB)
Label_Delimiter	The character to separate label and the value. Default: :

field1[label_delimiter]value1[delimiter]field2[label_delimiter]value2\n

Template

Output the records using a custom format template.

Key	Description
Template	The format string. Default: {time} {message}

This accepts a formatting template and fills placeholders using corresponding values in a record.

For example, if you set up the configuration like the following:

fluent-bit.yaml

pipeline:
  inputs:
    - name: mem

  outputs:
    - name: file
      match: '*'
      format: template
      template: '{time} used={Mem.used} free={Mem.free} total={Mem.total}'

fluent-bit.conf

[INPUT]
  Name mem

[OUTPUT]
  Name file
  Match *
  Format template
  Template {time} used={Mem.used} free={Mem.free} total={Mem.total}

You will get the following output:

1564462620.000254 used=1045448 free=31760160 total=32805608

Get started

You can run the plugin from the command line or through the configuration file.

Command line

From the command line you can let Fluent Bit count up a data with the following options:

fluent-bit -i cpu -o file -p path=output.txt

Configuration file

In your main configuration file append the following:

fluent-bit.yaml

pipeline:
  inputs:
    - name: cpu
      tag: cpu

  outputs:
    - name: file
      match: '*'
      path: output_dir

fluent-bit.conf

[INPUT]
  Name cpu
  Tag  cpu

[OUTPUT]
  Name  file
  Match *
  Path  output_dir