# Output Plugins

The *output plugins* defines where [Fluent Bit](http://fluentbit.io) should flush the information it gathers from the input. At the moment the available options are the following:

| name                                                                       | title                                        | description                                                                                    |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [azure](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/1.3/output/azure)                 | Azure Log Analytics                          | Ingest records into Azure Log Analytics                                                        |
| [bigquery](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/1.3/output/bigquery)           | BigQuery                                     | Ingest records into Google BigQuery                                                            |
| [counter](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/1.3/output/counter)             | Count Records                                | Simple records counter.                                                                        |
| [datadog](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/1.3/output/datadog)             | Datadog                                      | Ingest logs into Datadog.                                                                      |
| [es](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/1.3/output/elasticsearch)            | Elasticsearch                                | flush records to a Elasticsearch server.                                                       |
| [file](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/1.3/output/file)                   | File                                         | Flush records to a file.                                                                       |
| [flowcounter](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/1.3/output/flowcounter)     | FlowCounter                                  | Count records.                                                                                 |
| [forward](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/1.3/output/forward)             | Forward                                      | Fluentd forward protocol.                                                                      |
| [http](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/1.3/output/http)                   | HTTP                                         | Flush records to an HTTP end point.                                                            |
| [influxdb](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/1.3/output/influxdb)           | InfluxDB                                     | Flush records to InfluxDB time series database.                                                |
| [kafka](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/1.3/output/kafka)                 | Apache Kafka                                 | Flush records to Apache Kafka                                                                  |
| [kafka-rest](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/1.3/output/kafka-rest-proxy) | Kafka REST Proxy                             | Flush records to a Kafka REST Proxy server.                                                    |
| [stackdriver](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/1.3/output/stackdriver)     | Google Stackdriver Logging                   | Flush records to Google Stackdriver Logging service.                                           |
| [stdout](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/1.3/output/stdout)               | Standard Output                              | Flush records to the standard output.                                                          |
| [splunk](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/1.3/output/splunk)               | Splunk                                       | Flush records to a Splunk Enterprise service                                                   |
| [tcp](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/1.3/output/tcp)                     | TCP & TLS                                    | flush records to a TCP server.                                                                 |
| [td](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/1.3/output/td)                       | [Treasure Data](http://www.treasuredata.com) | Flush records to the [Treasure Data](http://www.treasuredata.com) cloud service for analytics. |
| [nats](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/1.3/output/nats)                   | NATS                                         | flush records to a NATS server.                                                                |
| [null](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/1.3/output/null)                   | NULL                                         | throw away events.                                                                             |


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