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FlowCounter

FlowCounter is the protocol to count records. The flowcounter output plugin allows to count up records and its size.

Configuration Parameters

The plugin supports the following configuration parameters:
Key
Description
Default
Unit
The unit of duration. (second/minute/hour/day)
minute

Getting 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 flowcounter

Configuration File

In your main configuration file append the following Input & Output sections:
[INPUT]
Name cpu
Tag cpu
[OUTPUT]
Name flowcounter
Match *
Unit second

Testing

Once Fluent Bit is running, you will see the reports in the output interface similar to this:
$ fluent-bit -i cpu -o flowcounter
Fluent Bit v1.x.x
* Copyright (C) 2019-2020 The Fluent Bit Authors
* Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Treasure Data
* Fluent Bit is a CNCF sub-project under the umbrella of Fluentd
* https://fluentbit.io
[2016/12/23 11:01:20] [ info] [engine] started
[out_flowcounter] cpu.0:[1482458540, {"counts":60, "bytes":7560, "counts/minute":1, "bytes/minute":126 }]
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