Service

The SERVICE defines the global behaviour of the Fluent Bit engine.

name	type	description
Daemon	Bool	If true go to background on start
Flush	Int	Interval to flush output (seconds)
Grace	Int	Wait time (seconds) on exit
HTTP_Listen	Str	Address to listen (e.g. 0.0.0.0)
HTTP_Port	Int	Port to listen (e.g. 8888)
HTTP_Server	Bool	If true enable statistics HTTP server
Log_File	Str	File to log diagnostic output
Log_Level	Str	Diagnostic level (error/warning/info/debug/trace)
Parsers_File	Str	Optional 'parsers' config file (can be multiple)
Plugins_File	Str	Optional 'plugins' config file (can be multiple)

Note that Parsers_File and Plugins_File are both relative to the directory the main config file is in.

Storage and Buffering Configuration

In addition to the properties listed in the table above, the Storage and Buffering options are extensively documented in the following section:

• Storage & Buffering

Configuration Example

[SERVICE]
    Flush        1
    Daemon       Off
    Config_Watch On
    Parsers_File parsers.conf
    Parsers_File custom_parsers.conf