Fluentd is an open source data collector for unified logging layer. It collects events from various data sources and writes them to files, RDBMS, NoSQL, IaaS, SaaS, Hadoop and so on.
Fluentd helps you unify your logging infrastructure.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Unified Logging with JSON – tries to structure data as JSON as much as possible: this allows Fluentd to unify all facets of processing log data: collecting, filtering, buffering, and outputting logs across multiple sources and destinations.
- Plugin system – over 500 community contributed plugins are available.
- Low memory requirements.
- Supports memory- and file-based buffering to prevent inter-node data loss. Fluentd also supports robust failover and can be set up for high availability.
Website: www.fluentd.org
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Treasure Data
License: Apache License v2.0
Fluentd is written in C and Ruby. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials. Learn Ruby with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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