Running a Logging Pipeline Locally

You may wish to test a logging pipeline locally to observe how it deals with log messages. The following is a walk-through for running Fluent Bit and Elasticsearch locally with Docker Compose which can serve as an example for testing other plugins locally.
Create a Configuration File
Refer to the Configuration File section to create a configuration to test.
fluent-bit.conf:
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[INPUT]
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  Name dummy
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  Dummy {"top": {".dotted": "value"}}
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​
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[OUTPUT]
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  Name es
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  Host elasticsearch
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  Replace_Dots On
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Docker Compose
Use Docker Compose to run Fluent Bit (with the configuration file mounted) and Elasticsearch.
docker-compose.yaml:
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version: "3.7"
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services:
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  fluent-bit:
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    image: fluent/fluent-bit
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    volumes:
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      - ./fluent-bit.conf:/fluent-bit/etc/fluent-bit.conf
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    depends_on:
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      - elasticsearch
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  elasticsearch:
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    image: elasticsearch:7.6.2
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    ports:
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      - "9200:9200"
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    environment:
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      - discovery.type=single-node
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View indexed logs
To view indexed logs run:
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curl "localhost:9200/_search?pretty" \
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  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
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  -d'{ "query": { "match_all": {} }}'
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To "start fresh", delete the index by running:
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curl -X DELETE "localhost:9200/fluent-bit?pretty"
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