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
collectd Collectd Listen for UDP packets from Collectd.
cpu CPU Usage measure total CPU usage of the system.
disk Disk Usage measure Disk I/Os.
dummy Dummy generate dummy event.
exec Exec executes external program and collects event logs.
forward Forward Fluentd forward protocol.
head Head read first part of files.
health Health Check health of TCP services.
kmsg Kernel Log Buffer read the Linux Kernel log buffer messages.
mem Memory Usage measure the total amount of memory used on the system.
mqtt MQTT start a MQTT server and receive publish messages.
netif Network Traffic measure network traffic.
proc Process Check health of Process.
random Random Generate Random samples.
serial Serial Interface read data information from the serial interface.
stdin Standard Input read data from the standard input.
syslog Syslog read syslog messages from a Unix socket.
systemd Systemd read logs from Systemd/Journald.
tail Tail Tail log files
tcp TCP Listen for JSON messages over TCP.
thermal Thermal measure system temperature(s).