fluent-bit cloudwatch-logs output plugin

Windows binaries are available in release pages.

This plugin works with fluent-bit's go plugin interface. You can use fluent-bit-go-cloudwatch-logs to ship logs into AWS CloudWatch.

The configuration typically looks like:

fluent-bit --> AWS CloudWatch

Usage

$ fluent-bit -e /path/to/built/out_cloudwatch_logs.so -c fluent-bit.conf

Prerequisites

• Go 1.11+
• gcc (for cgo)

Building

$ make

Configuration Options

Key	Description	Default value	Note
Credential	URI of AWS shared credential	""	(See Credentials)
AccessKeyID	Access key ID of AWS	""	(See Credentials)
SecretAccessKey	Secret access key ID of AWS	""	(See Credentials)
LogGroupName	logGroup name of CloudWatch	-	Mandatory parameter
LogStreamName	logStream name of CloudWatch	-	Mandatory parameter
Region	Region of CloudWatch	-	Mandatory parameter
AutoCreateStream	Use auto create stream feature?	true	Optional parameter

Example:

add this section to fluent-bit.conf

[Output]
    Name cloudwatch_logs
    Match *
    # Credential    /path/to/sharedcredentialfile
    AccessKeyID     yourawsaccesskeyid
    SecretAccessKey yourawssecretaccesskey
    LogGroupName    yourloggroupname
    LogStreamName   yourslogstreamname
    Region us-east-1
    # AutoCreateStream false # default: true

fluent-bit-go-cloudwatch-logs supports the following credentials. Users must specify one of them:

Credentials

Specifying credentials is required.

This plugin supports the following credentials:

Shared Credentials

Create the following file which includes credentials:

[default]
aws_access_key_id = YOUR_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
aws_secret_access_key = YOUR_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY

And specify the following parameter in fluent-bit configuration:

Credential    /path/to/sharedcredentialfile

Static Credentials

Specify the following parameters in fluent-bit configuration:

AccessKeyID     yourawsaccesskeyid
SecretAccessKey yourawssecretaccesskey

Environment Credentials

Specify AWS_ACCESS_KEY and AWS_SECRET_KEY as environment variables.

Useful links

• fluent-bit-go