The Apache SkyWalking output plugin, allows to flush your records to a Apache SkyWalking OAP. The following instructions assumes that you have a fully operational Apache SkyWalking OAP in place.
host
Hostname of Apache SkyWalking OAP
127.0.0.1
port
TCP port of the Apache SkyWalking OAP
12800
auth_token
Authentication token if needed for Apache SkyWalking OAP
None
svc_name
Service name that fluent-bit belongs to
sw-service
svc_inst_name
Service instance name of fluent-bit
fluent-bit
Apache SkyWalking output plugin supports TLS/SSL, for more details about the properties available and general configuration, please refer to the TLS/SSL section.
In order to start inserting records into an Apache SkyWalking service, you can run the plugin through the configuration file:
In your main configuration file append the following Input & Output sections:
The format of the plugin output follows the data collect protocol.
For example, if we get log as follows,
This message is packed into the following protocol format and written to the OAP via the REST API.