Collectd

The Collectd input plugin lets you receive datagrams from the collectd service.

Configuration parameters

The plugin supports the following configuration parameters:

Key	Description	Default
Listen	Set the address to listen to.	0.0.0.0
Port	Set the port to listen to.	25826
TypesDB	Set the data specification file.	/usr/share/collectd/types.db
Threaded	Indicates whether to run this input in its own thread.	false

Configuration examples

Here is a basic configuration example:

fluent-bit.yaml

pipeline:
    inputs:
        - name: collectd
          listen: 0.0.0.0
          port: 25826
          typesdb: '/user/share/collectd/types.db,/etc/collectd/custom.db'

    outputs:
        - name: stdout
          match: '*'

fluent-bit.conf

[INPUT]
    Name         collectd
    Listen       0.0.0.0
    Port         25826
    TypesDB      /usr/share/collectd/types.db,/etc/collectd/custom.db

[OUTPUT]
    Name   stdout
    Match  *

With this configuration, Fluent Bit listens to 0.0.0.0:25826, and outputs incoming datagram packets to stdout.

You must set the same types.db files that your collectd server uses. Otherwise, Fluent Bit might not be able to interpret the payload properly.