Dynatrace

Send logs to Dynatrace

Stream logs to Dynatrace by utilizing the http plugin to send data to the Dynatrace generic log ingest API.

Configuration parameters

Key	Description	Default
allow_duplicated_headers	Specifies duplicated header use.	false
format	The data format to be used in the HTTP request body.	json
header	The specific header for content-type.	Content-Type application/json; charset=utf-8
header	The specific header for authorization token, where {your-API-token-here} is the Dynatrace API token with log ingest scope.	Authorization Api-Token {your-API-token-here}
host	Your Dynatrace environment hostname where {your-environment-id} is your environment ID.	{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com
json_date_format	Date format standard for JSON.	iso8601
json_date_key	Field name specifying message timestamp.	timestamp
port	TCP port of your Dynatrace host.	443
tls	Specify to use TLS.	on
tls.verify	TLS verification.	on
uri	Specify the HTTP URI for Dynatrace log ingest API.	/api/v2/logs/ingest

Get started

To get started with sending logs to Dynatrace:

1. Get a Dynatrace API token with the logs.ingest (Ingest Logs) scope.

2. Determine your Dynatrace environment ID.

3. In your main Fluent Bit configuration file, append the following Output section:

fluent-bit.yaml

pipeline:

  outputs:
    - name: http
      match: '*'
      header:
        - 'Content-Type application/json; charset=utf-8'
        - 'Authorization Api-Token {your-API-token-here}'
      allow_duplicated_headers: false
      host: {your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com
      port: 443
      uri: /api/v2/logs/ingest
      format: json
      json_date_format: iso8601
      json_date_key: timestamp
      tls: on
      tls.verify: on

fluent-bit.conf

References

• Dynatrace Fluent Bit documentation

• Fluent Bit integration in Dynatrace Hub

• Video: Stream a Log File to Dynatrace using Fluent Bit

• Blog: Easily stream logs from Fluent Bit to Dynatrace