Input Plugins

The input plugins defines the source from where Fluent Bit can collect data, it can be through a network interface, radio hardware or some built-in metric. As of this version the following input plugins are available:

name

title

description

CPU Usage

measure total CPU usage of the system.

Disk Usage

measure Disk I/Os.

Dummy

generate dummy event.

Exec

executes external program and collects event logs.

Forward

Fluentd forward protocol.

Head

read first part of files.

Health

Check health of TCP services.

Kernel Log Buffer

read the Linux Kernel log buffer messages.

Memory Usage

measure the total amount of memory used on the system.

MQTT

start a MQTT server and receive publish messages.

Network Traffic

measure network traffic.

Process

Check health of Process.

Random

Generate Random samples.

Serial Interface

read data information from the serial interface.

Standard Input

read data from the standard input.

Syslog

read syslog messages from a Unix socket.

Systemd

read logs from Systemd/Journald.

Tail

Tail log files

TCP

Listen for JSON messages over TCP.

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